Woodlands Regional Library was officially opened on 28 April 2001 by Dr Tony Tan Kheng Yam, then-Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Minister for Defence and MP, Sembawang GRC (who later became Singapore's 7th President).

The second level is where the Reference section and self-contained multimedia booths for surfing the Internet[3] are located.

It has a wide collection of reference books, CDs and magazines which cannot be loaned from this level.

The third level is the section for adult fiction and non-fiction in Singaporeʻs four national languages; English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, and also has counters for borrowing books, like those in the first floor.

It also has a small garden-like feature, called the Enchanted Tree as well as the Children's Reading Park.