Now the college has plenty of room to preserve and protect items in the collection. Student interns can even gain hands-on experience in processing items and performing other archival tasks, and the archive can now support engaging classes with materials from the library's special collections. 
Spacesaver’s in-person design assistance and ability to manufacture a wide variety of collections storage equipment was key to the project’s success, Peterson said. “We’ve been a customer of Spacesaver for many years, so we already knew the product was excellent,” he said. “We really wanted to deal with a company that would stand behind their product, and the local consultants were outstanding.”