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When UCSC’s McHenry Library first opened 35 years ago, the school had only about 1,000 students. Today the campus is home to 16,000, and the library had some catching up to do. A new wing was opened in 2008, but the older wing was still under renovation, or at least it was.  As of this week the library is fully open for business.

When UCSC’s McHenry Library first opened 35 years ago, the school had only about 1,000 students. Today the campus is home to 16,000, and the library had some catching up to do. A new wing was opened in 2008, but the older wing was still under renovation, or at least it was. As of this week the library is fully open for business.

This is a bit of rare good news for the campus, which has been hit with an on-going series of budget cuts. The library itself has seen its budget reduced by $3.6 million and library staff earn 20 percent less than their counterparts at CSU.

Work will continue on the Special Collections area, including the space slotted to hold the Grateful Dead collection. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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