A comfortable gathering place for Harvard-Westlake students, staff, and faculty, the library holds approximately 20,000 books, journals, and DVDs. Audioplayers loaded with titles supporting the English curriculum are also available. Additionally, as a member of ISLE, the Independent School Library Exchange consortium, the H-W community has access to library materials of 13 local schools.
The library subscribes to approximately 90 magazines, journals, and newspapers. Thousands of other resources, including scholarly journals, magazines, e-books, and historical newspapers can be obtained through online databases. Harvard-Westlake's catalog and databases are always available via the Internet. Patrons also may explore book and media collections using the 
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The library is staffed by Shannon Acedo, Head Librarian, and Maureen Frank and Clare Lawler, Librarians, all holders of Master's degrees in Library and Information Science and Candris Madison, Library Clerk and Testing Coordinator. The staff is aided by a dedicated and generous group of parent volunteers.
Students enrolled in AP courses are encouraged make use of the College Library at UCLA. Click here to download the required permission slip.
During the 2011-12 school year, the library will be housed in Chalmers East.