The Woods Hole Public Library is a private, nonprofit corporation open to the public free of charge. Its 31,000-item collection incorporates books, magazines, newspapers, videos, books on cassette and CDs. The library has access to materials from all CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network) as well as from other Massachusetts libraries. It also has services such as informational databases, Internet access, summer reading programs, story hours for preschoolers and much more.