Construction Wrap-up for DMC

Yesterday was the final walk-thru on the construction portion of the "lower level".  This is how it looks after the contractors have vacuumed and cleaned:

This is the presentation room, formally room 11 that will house furniture and equipment for student groups to practice their presentations:

This this is the back door to the old dock that is not a door any longer.  The look was preserved for the exterior historical integrity of the building but this is no longer a functioning entrance or exit:

And finally, the remaining boxed monographs that were storaged in Oakland warehouse from Ferguson have arrived and are in the process of being reviewed and worked into the collection:

Over the next several weeks and couple of months these materials will be sorted and moved, the microfilm cabinets will be relocated behind the gov doc's runs, furniture will start arriving for set-up and by August equipment will begin to appear.  Who said summer couldn't be exciting?