This view from the second floor overlooks the library area inside the Learning Resource Center at Rose State College. The LRC will reopen May 30 following a nearly $9.2 million renovation and expansion project. [Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman]

MIDWEST CITY — Two years after the building was shut down and gutted, the renovation and expansion of the Rose State College library is nearly finished.

All 12,000 linear feet of books and every program housed in the library were moved to temporary locations throughout campus in 2015 to make way for the nearly $9.2 million project.

The Learning Resource Center will reopen May 30 with plenty of space for all the programs that were squeezed into the building. It was built to be a library more than four decades ago, but over the years more and more services were added, said Chris Meyer, dean of the LRC.

"We are a collection of resources. The space wasn't serving our needs," Meyer said. "Now there are separate spaces for everything."