The Laboratory of Archaeology maintained a reading room that they divided into three sections: Library, Documentation, and LOA Archives. The Library consisted of published materials on topics that were of interested to the faculty in the Department of Anthropology, bibliographies, periodicals, and student papers deposited by the faculty. The Archives consisted of rare books, some personal papers of Charles Borden. The Documentation section included all of the unpublished records relating to the archaeological collections housed by the Laboratory of Archaeology such as field notes, photographs, maps, artifact catalogues, and correspondence, these were able to checked out by faculty and trusted researchers. In 2009, most of the Library and Archives became absorbed by the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives. The Documentation section became the new Laboratory of Archaeology Archives and also includes items not relevant to the MOA Library such as the papers of Charles Borden, his author and subject files, and teaching collections, and unpublished student papers.