One of the main features of the new library at Northern Michigan University will be the grand staircase, which was one of the main talking points of the remodel during the NMU Fall Convocation. (Journal photo by Antonio Anderson)

By ANTONIO ANDERSON

Journal Staff Writer

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Lydia M. Olson Library ebbs toward completion, setting in place a much larger learning space and consolidating campus resources. The project is proceeding as planned and still within its budget, and should be nearly finished around late December and be fully functional by the time the NMU 2026 winter semester starts.

“This will locate some of our U.P. Heritage and make it more visible to the students,” said dean of the Library and Instructional Support, Leslie Warren. “The Cent

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