The Hugh Hanson Davidson Library and Archives is available for use by anyone. Currently, staff can search on behalf of potential borrowers, or people can request access to the Library to browse the bookshelves and cabinets. Visitors are welcome to use materials on site, and Gallery members can borrow materials for up to three weeks. Visitors can search for materials by title, artist(s), subject, publication year, and call number, using the Library of Congress Classification (LCC). The LCC organizes books into categories so that similar books are near each other for intuitive browsing.

The Library has a large and varied selection of materials:

• 4,740 books with a focus on art history, architecture, sculpture, drawing, painting, print media, and decorative arts;

• 1,780 books including but not limited to history, geography, social sciences, literature, and photography;

• 2,810 magazines and periodicals, including C Mag and Border Crossing issues since 1987 and Canadian Art issues from 1951 to the final issue in 2021;

• 2,650 exhibition catalogues and pamphlets from galleries across Canada; and

• 380 art-related audio-visual materials including VHS tapes, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, and vinyl.

The Gallery’s Archives document the history of the Kamloops Art Gallery through exhibition slides, event slides, and digital images since its inception in 1978; Gallery newsletters, Gallery Guides, and media clippings since 1983; and exhibition summaries since 1984. Also archived are art and art history slides, KAG-branded items from past decades, and hundreds of artist files.

Books, exhibition catalogues and pamphlets, magazines, and periodicals are continually added to the Library through the art museum publication exchange program, donations from personal collections, and books purchased for use in the resource area and as references for exhibitions.