Editing Library (section)

===Reference libraries{{anchor|Reference library}}===
[[File:2011 library reading room at University of Ibadan in Oyo Nigeria 5600401644.jpg|right|thumb|Graduate and post-graduate reading room at the University of Ibadan, [[Nigeria]]/]]
A reference library does not lend books and other items; instead, they can only be read at the library itself. Typically, such libraries are used for research purposes, for example at a university. Some items at reference libraries may be historical and even unique. Many lending libraries contain a "reference section", which holds books, such as dictionaries, which are common reference books, and are therefore not lent out.<ref>{{cite book |first1=George |last1=Ehrenhaft |first2=William |last2=Howard Armstrong |first3=M. Willard |last3=Lampe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lwXXb_QmLAC&pg=PA263 |title=Barron's pocket guide to study tips |page=263 |publisher=Barron's Educational Series |date=August 2004 |isbn=978-0-7641-2693-2 |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427210630/https://books.google.com/books?id=_lwXXb_QmLAC&pg=PA263 |url-status=live }}</ref> Such reference sections may be referred to as "reading rooms" or "study rooms", which may also include newspapers and periodicals.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nET95M8fc_YC&pg=PA90 |page=93 |title=Public Libraries |first=Amian L. |last=Champneys |publisher=Jeremy Mills Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-905217-84-7 |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430065858/https://books.google.com/books?id=nET95M8fc_YC&pg=PA90 |url-status=live }}</ref> An example of a reading room is the Hazel H. Ransom Reading Room at the [[Harry Ransom Center]] of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], which maintains the papers of literary agent [[Audrey Wood (literary agent)|Audrey Wood]].<ref name=ransom>{{cite web |url=https://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00247.xml |title=Audrey Wood: An Inventory of Her Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |website=Harry Ransom Center: The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315115358/http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead%2F00247.xml |archive-date=15 March 2012}}</ref>