Daily Iowan

Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: Metro

"It's not easy," she said. "But everybody understands [we're] doing something to make it better in the long run."

Ames Galstad said that after the renovation, officials project an increase in the number of residents using the facility.

Craig said that in the past two weeks the Coralville library has been closed, the Iowa City library has been reaping the benefits, as well as the bookworms.

"I think we've had extra business while it was closed, but in the long term, people use the library that's most convenient for them," she said, noting that Johnson County has a great public-library system.

At 11 a.m. Wednesday, Ames Galstad said the library's temporary lot was full, but it was because of another "very discouraging" setback during the transition time.

The new parking garage customers would use is off-limits because of ice.

The garage was made with a different kind of cement, Ames Galstad said, and so traditional ice removal is not available, but the wait should only be a couple of days.

"But people have been pretty upbeat, so we're thankful for that," she said.

E-mail DI reporter Kelli Shaffner at:

kelli-shaffner@uiowa.edu

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