Technology hooks kids at Southfield’s new library

A Neat Story Out Of Detroit on the new $36.8-million Southfield Public Library.

The new 114,000-square-foot library is the most high-tech of its kind anywhere in Michigan. There are 150 computers available for public use. For those who want to bring their own laptop, there are 1,000 Internet connections that can be plugged in for instant Internet access, with the receptacles and jacks built right into the chairs, desks and tables. The whole building is a Wi-Fi hot spot, too, for wireless hookups.