The Jim Dan Hill Library has reopened but is still recovering. And when the university?s 2,800 students return to classes in a few weeks, they?ll find the bulk of the book collection missing. Only a few Dewey decimal signs, another telling visitors this is a “quiet floor” and the tracks from the movable shelving give a hint that the basement space had been home to thousands of books. UW-Superior had 16 buildings damaged by the floods and the cost could hit $25 million, the majority of it covered by insurance. But the library and the university?s heating plant took the brunt of the damage, collecting 1.8 million gallons of water.
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