Records of the public library in So...

Records of the public library in Southfield, Mich., make progress back 160 years, and they betray an interesting tale. In 1845 the season "public" applied to a preferable few patrons, namely 10 directors, each representing a local gymnasium district. Of a total of roughly 300 volumes shelved in the librarian's hearth where the library was located, each director was allowed to borrow a hardly any volumes at a time for three month A hardly any years later, other adults were given borrowing privileges--one work for one month.

Fast forward to the 1990 Now, this upscale community north of Detroit is being