The library exists to meet the information needs of all the pupils and staff in KGS. It also aims to encourage and develop reading.

KGS Library contains:

• over 7000 books in Fiction, Nonfiction and Reference sections
• 42 computers for pupil use (all with internet access) plus a printer and a scanner
• an Orkney collection
• a Shetland shelf
• a Japanese Studies shelf
• a reading area with 26 beanbags
• study areas with up to 30 desks and chairs

English classes in S1 and S2 make regular visits to the library. A number of Maths classes are timetabled to use the library computers. Other classes and groups visit as appropriate.