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Librarians, school administrators and book-lovers from across the city happily perused hundreds of donated books at the reopening of the Berkeley High School Library Thursday. 

“We finally got a library!” exclaimed on disbelieving student as he walked past the reception. 

The school’s library has been closed since a fire severely damaged the B building at the high school in April of last year. It will be housed in a temporary space for the next three years until the completion of a new building at the high school, which will include a brand new library and media center.  

The temporary space is only one quarter the size of the old library, and it will only house 10,000 of the library’s more than 25,000 books. The rest will be stored at a remote site, but they’ll be accessible to students who want to check them out within 24 to 48 hours.  

Berkeley High School