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MEDICAL LIBRARY End in Sight for Countway Reconstruction Two-and-a-half years after renovations began on Countway Library, students and faculty will see what's been accomplished once the dust has settled—literally—in a matter of weeks. On schedule to be completed in early spring, the library's renovations range from a complete electrical rewiring to accommodate new network jacks for laptop computers to new air conditioning and heating systems. Though a firm date has not yet been set, a library user appreciation day is planned for late April to reacquaint users with the library and to show them what's new. A new reading room on the first floor will gather the current issues of journals in one location, and Kathy Wahl, project coordinator at Countway, says patrons will be happy to learn there will be copy centers in more locations. Wahl says the library's copiers produce 4 million copies annually, so new copiers were needed. The reference desk is now at the top of a new staircase up to the second floor, where users will also find a digital classroom with high-end computers. A new digital classroom furnished with high-powered computers is among the new facilities created by the Countway renovations. Photo by Steve Gilbert The Rare Books and Special Collections Department's new space opened last June on lower level 2, providing it with exhibition space and scholar workstations and reuniting the once divided department. A formal rededication of the library is slated for the fall. —Michael Higgins