Nashville Public Library + Nashville Public Library Foundation | 2015 Annual Report

Nashville Public Library & 

Nashville Public Library Foundation 

2015 Annual Report 

Contents 

Leadership Letters 

Books are Only Half the Story 

Wishing Chair Productions 

Bringing Books to Life 

Limitless Libraries 

Studio NPL 

NAZA 

Adult Literacy 

By the Numbers 

2014 Nashville Public Library 

Literary Award 

Write the Next Chapter Campaign 

Community Partnerships 

Faces of NPL 

NPLF Financials and 

Board of Directors 

Our Supporters 

Leadership 

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Nashville Public Library + Nashville Public Library Foundation | 1

A city with a great library is 

a great city. 

Nashville Public Library coined that phrase 

back in 2000. Sixteen years later this 

philosophy still drives our work today. 

Everything we do at our 21 locations across 

Davidson County is an intentional effort 

to inspire reading, advance learning and 

connect our community. 

I’m pleased to present Nashville Public 

Library’s annual report, delivered for the 

first time in partnership with the Nashville 

Public Library Foundation. With the support 

of the Foundation and its generous donors 

and sponsors, we design essential innovative 

education opportunities. These include 

our Bringing Books to Life! pre-k outreach 

program, literature-based Wishing Chair puppet productions and Limitless 

Libraries, our transformational reading and digital education partnership with 

local schools. 

Our education models set us apart, at home and across the nation. We are 

committed to education leadership because we are committed to our great 

city. We believe in Nashville’s people and its potential. 

We’re the only public library in the U.S. to house an after-school intervention 

network equal in caliber to the Nashville After Zone Alliance (NAZA). We are 

among only a handful of libraries nationwide to have an innovative, mentorbased 

learning space for teens, called Studio NPL. And our Pathway for New 

Americans initiative is one of only three in the country. 

Simply put, we’re on a roll, and we are seeing dramatic results that you’ll 

read about in the pages ahead. Thank you for being a part of this incredible, 

ongoing story. I can’t wait to see what we dream up next. 

Happy reading and best wishes, 

Kent Oliver 

Library Director 

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One great aspect of assembling an 

annual report is that it requires a 

pause for reflection. 

I’ll confess: I’m just as guilty as the next overachiever, 

of reaching a goal and moving right on to the 

next one without so much as a backward glance. 

However, I believe that the year behind us and the 

accomplishments waiting for you inside these pages 

are too important to breeze by without appreciating 

and celebrating what we did together. So I took a 

deep breath, paused and considered. 

These pages contain stories of community impact 

and changed lives. In them, you’ll meet people like 

Yassir Al Shaikhly who discovered the library as soon 

as he came to this country, got his GED, is in college 

and – full circle – is now working in the library’s adult 

literacy program helping other adult learners. They 

reflect stories of opportunity and hope, like School Librarian Stephanee 

Rausch’s at Harris Hillman School who relates the power of reading to her 

special population of students. You’ll find stories celebrating leadership 

and milestones, particularly the completion of our multiyear Write the Next 

Chapter Campaign, and the incredible leadership of Margaret Ann Robinson 

and Jean Ann Banker. 

My gratitude is endless as I ponder the generosity, bounty and investment 

that you, our community, have invested in the education and culture of every 

Nashvillian through the NPL Foundation. We have a dynamic public–private 

partnership with the city of Nashville, and yet it is clear that our library would 

not be the progressive, award-winning education institution it is without 

the enhancements your support provides. Together, we are building a 

brighter future by inspiring reading, advancing learning and connecting our 

community. 

Thank you for your part in this story. 

Sincerely, 

Tari Hughes 

President, NPLF 


BOOKS 

are only half 

THE STORY 

At Nashville Public Library, our 

story is about more than books. 

It’s about education, community, 

empowerment and enabling others to 

thrive. Our award-winning programs 

allow our entire city to dream, learn, see, 

do and become … more. These programs 

meet the cultural and educational needs 

of Nashvillians, free of charge. Last 

year, more than 302,133 people – almost 

half of all Davidson County residents 

– attended more than 8,000 library 

programs citywide. 

NPL programs encourage young minds 

to read. They give teens a safe space to 

explore state-of-the-art technologies 

after school and provide training 

and resources to adults and new 

Americans in need of support. They 

help unemployed and underemployed 

patrons find jobs, navigate today’s 

digitally based society and broaden 

their minds through concerts, author 

appearances and visual art exhibits. 

What’s more, these programs don’t just 

happen inside our buildings. We partner 

with community centers, mission 

shelters, day care facilities and schools 

to meet our patrons where they are. 

The result? A more vibrant, literate and 

connected Nashville community. 

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BOOKS ARE ONLY HALF THE STORY 

Wishing Chair 

Productions 

Built on the rich legacy of Tom Tichenor’s marionettes, Wishing Chair Productions 

produces original, sophisticated, literature-based puppet theater featuring stories 

that range from fairytales to folktales to Shakespeare. This year, more than 90,000 

children and adults experienced the puppet troupe’s interactive story times and 

puppet shows, enjoying reimagined classics such as “Puss N’ Boots,” “The Legend of 

Sleepy Hollow” and “String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry.” 

Through partnerships with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Nashville 

Jazz Workshop and other cultural institutions, Wishing Chair Productions draws on 

local talent to help bring each story to life. This past winter, the troupe collaborated 

with the Nashville Symphony to create and perform the classic holiday tale “Amahl 

and the Night Visitors,” an opera written specifically for children. 

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6.8 

The number of shows 

million 77 

The number of nationwide 

The number of years 

Wishing Chair Productions 

performs each week. 

viewers who watched as 

the “CBS Evening News” 

puppetry has been 

celebrated at Nashville 

featured Wishing Chair 

Public Library. 

Productions in October 2014. 

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Bringing Books To Life 

Research shows that the more words a child hears from parents or caregivers before 

the age of three, the better he or she will do in school. Yet, only 53 percent of 

parents in Tennessee are reading to their young children on a regular basis. Bringing 

Books to Life (BBTL) is a pre-literacy program developed in partnership with early 

childhood educators and performance artists. The award-winning program helps 

teachers and parents inspire a love of reading among children by providing free teacher 

training, family literacy programs and story-related classroom activities. Centered on the 

library’s literature-based puppet performances, BBTL takes library resources on the road 

and equips teachers, parents and children with the skills and tools they need to foster 

reading readiness at home and lay the groundwork for future school success. 

In 2014-2015, BBTL served more than 65,000 children, parents and teachers – a record 

high – and brought teacher trainings, story times, and “Loving and Learning” parent 

workshops to more than 150 sites, including schools, day cares, Head Start centers and 

community organizations. Each year, the program continues to expand its reach to more 

schools, hospitals, assisted-living facilities, festivals and other sites outside the library. 

In 2015, the Puppet Truck troupes peformed 695 shows for more than 52,000 people 

across Davidson County. 

Bringing Books to Life and the NPL Puppet Truck are sponsored by the Blakney Foundation, Dollar General Literacy 

Foundation, Barbara and Gary Haugen, HCA Foundation, Rotary Club of Nashville, Tennessee Arts Commission and 

the Cal Turner Family Foundation. 

1,000 

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60% 

The number of hours of 

“lap time” it takes to 

prepare children for reading 

success. Yet only 53 percent 

of parents in Tennessee read 

to their young children each 

day. 

The number of partner 

preschools and community 

organizations that 

received BBTL’s early 

literacy services in 2015. 

Organizations included the 

YWCA, Conexión Américas, 

Nashville International 

Center for Empowerment, 

United Way and more. 

The percentage of 

workshops (in Spanish 

and English) that occurred 

in Nashville’s most 

underserved areas. 

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LAUREN HERRING 

Parent and Preschool Music Teacher 

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My husband and I love to read with our 

kids and have always been interested 

in learning as much as we can about how 

to engage them in reading activities. I have 

a master’s degree in education and am a 

music teacher at Christ Church Preschool. 

As a teacher, I know there is always 

something more I can learn. This drive is 

what initially motivated me to participate in 

Bringing Books to Life’s parent workshops, 

and the resources I acquired are what kept 

me coming back. I’ve been to every single 

workshop but one (because I was out of 

town) and have enjoyed incorporating the 

workshop ideas and materials not only in 

my home, but in my music lessons as well. 

It’s so important to read with children 

from a young age, and it was helpful to 

be reminded of all the ways it enhances a 

child’s life at the start of every workshop. 

The BBTL teachers introduced me to a 

book, “Reading is Magic,” by Mem Fox, 

and I immediately made my husband read 

it. We have so much more fun with story 

time now, and overall, the workshops have 

taught us new reading techniques that truly 

engage our children and teach them how 

to use their imaginations. It’s helped inspire 

their reading and storytelling. 

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JUDY and STEVE TURNER 

Civic Leaders and Pacesetting Donors 

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teve: Nashville Public Library makes such 

Sa statement for our city – it’s the symbol 

of our culture. Our city is lucky to have a 

superbly run library that not only reaches 

out to the community, but embraces change 

to remain a relevant source of information 

and education for the entire community. 

We’ve been supporters of Nashville Public 

Library for almost 20 years. Judy remembers 

the library’s book mobile as a child and often 

took our grandchildren to see the legendary 

puppet shows by Tom Tichenor. In 2001, we 

became more invested in the library’s future, 

just as the Country Music Hall of Fame, 

Frist Center for the Arts and the new Main 

Library were all opening downtown. It was 

the beginning of Nashville’s renaissance and, 

in my opinion, what led us to become the 

“It City.” 

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Judy: Our favorite aspect of Nashville 

Public Library has always been the children’s 

programming and its ability to creatively 

nurture children and grow them into lifelong 

readers. We both enjoy puppetry as an art 

form and feel it’s such a meaningful way 

to touch a life. Every child is born with the 

wonderful gift of imagination, and puppetry 

inspires that imagination to explore and 

believe. It’s a great way to pass a message 

on to a child and it’s a wonderful art form 

put to great use in our library system. 

Steve: In early 2011, the idea for “String 

City” struck me like a lightning bolt. As a 

board member of the Country Music Hall of 

Fame and Museum and a longtime donor 

of the Library Foundation, it occurred to 

me that we could create a puppet show 

about WSM and the history of country 

music in Nashville as a way to educate 

citizens about Music City and its roots. 

Thanks to Brian Hull, Performing Artist 

Director at NPL, and the team at the Country 

Music Hall of Fame and Museum, “String City” 

is a love letter from Nashville that will serve 

as an ambassador for the city for years to 

come. Its impact on the city is ongoing and 

enduring, and I believe, 100 years from now, 

“String City” will still be the way Nashville 

celebrates its roots and country music history. 

Today, we still consider “String City” to be 

one of the best gifts we’ve ever given and 

are so pleased with how our gift to the library 

was stewarded. We like to say, “a creative city 

deserves a creative library,” and are pleased 

that the show was performed 20 times to a 

total audience of more than 5,000 people 

this summer. 

Judy: What the library has done, is doing 

and will continue to do will stand the test of 

time. It will continue to be there and serve 

our community because it serves such a 

great purpose. I think the whole world should 

shine its light on our library. 

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Limitless Libraries 

“Traditional education systems cannot meet today’s learning 

and skill development needs alone. Like many modern challenges, 

education takes a village – a well-coordinated network of 

government, business and formal and informal education 

institutions committed to improving education outcomes… 

A critical and sometimes overlooked resource is the public 

library, which is well-positioned to facilitate collaboration, build 

partnerships, address gaps and support a lifetime of improved 

education outcomes.” 

– Urban Libraries Council, Leadership Brief: Partners for Education, Winter 2015 

Limitless Libraries is a collaborative program between Nashville Public Library 

and Metro Nashville Public Schools designed to strengthen school libraries and 

increase use of NPL’s collections for children and teens. Envisioned in 2009 by 

Mayor Karl Dean, and based on research proving a positive correlation between 

strong libraries and better prepared students, this groundbreaking initiative 

shares the library’s resources with more than 80,000 K–12 students and teachers 

by delivering physical and digital materials directly to school libraries within two 

days of request. Today, Limitless Libraries is in 123 of the city’s traditional schools, 

including 16 high schools, 34 middle schools, 71 elementary schools and two 

exceptional education schools. 

Previously, Limitless Libraries checkouts were limited to middle and high school 

students. This past year, NPL launched a pilot program to serve third- and fourthgrade 

classes at six elementary schools to check out items. More than 2,414 items 

were delivered to participating students. Thanks to the pilot’s success, Limitless 

Libraries is expanding during the 2015-2016 school year to include all third- and 

fourth-graders, reaching an additional 14,500 students. 

Limitless Libraries is sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Metro Nashville Public Schools. 

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$350,000 

Thanks to a generous 

gift of $350,000 from the 

Dollar General Literacy 

Foundation, Nashville 

Public Library purchased 

more than 24,000 books, 

DVDs, CDs and materials 

to meet growing demand 

for both the Children’s and 

Teen collections. 

89,262 

Total number of items 

delivered to Limitless 

Libraries students and 

teachers. 

83.5% 

Percentage of middle school 

students using Limitless 

Libraries that scored 

Proficient or Advanced on 

the English/Language Arts 

portion of the TCAP exam, 

while only 50 percent of 

nonusers scored the same. 


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STEPHANEE RAUSCH 

Librarian, Harris Hillman Exceptional Education School 

“ 

The Limitless Libraries program is 

fantastic; I love it. It expands what we 

have available to us. When I started working 

at Harris Hillman, we had only 1,000 books 

total in our library collection and most 

of them were picture books. Limitless 

Libraries has given us the resources to build 

our collection and allow teachers to have 

the materials they need for lesson plans. 

Harris Hillman is a Pre-K through 12th-grade 

school that serves students with severe 

disabilities. I feel strongly that we need to 

be providing our students with materials 

appropriate for their age levels, while 

making accommodations as necessary, and 

Limitless Libraries enabled us to purchase 

and have access to materials other than 

picture books, such as fiction, nonfiction 

and other more age-appropriate books 

for the students and teachers to use. 

At Harris Hillman, students’ progress is 

incremental. We don’t always see big gains 

as the result of our teaching. One thing 

the students really enjoy is books. I can 

tell how much they love the audiobooks. 

You can see they are listening and that 

these stories make them smile. If we can 

help them feel happy and content, simply 

by being read to, well, that’s a powerful 

thing. Our students don’t communicate by 

speaking, so we often don’t know what’s 

happening inside their minds; they may 

understand everything we are exposing 

them to, curriculum-wise, and we just can’t 

know. I’m excited about the opportunity 

to provide age-appropriate curriculum, 

books, lessons and materials, because then 

we are doing our job by challenging them 

and, most importantly, believing in them. 

I feel so grateful for this innovative program, 

and I’m glad someone with the idea brought 

it to life. 

“ 


KARL DEAN 

Mayor of Nashville, 2007-2015 

What inspired the creation of Limitless 

Libraries and the partnership between 

NPL and MNPS? 

Limitless Libraries is unique in that it 

reflects how transformative successful 

public–public and public–private 

partnerships can be. By breaking down 

the walls that divided Metro Schools and 

Nashville Public Library, we were able to 

offer students in public schools better 

opportunities to access library resources. 

In addition, through Metro Government’s 

capital budget, we invested in library 

facilities in our schools to make them some 

of the coolest, most modern rooms in our 

school buildings. The support of the private 

sector through the Nashville Public Library 

Foundation made it possible to help fund 

this project. 

Inspiration grew out of a conversation with 

then-Library Director Donna Nicely. We 

talked about the special innovation that 

could result from breaking the city’s library 

system and school district out of their silos. 

Current Library Director, Kent Oliver, has 

nurtured the program to the success that it 

is today. Through this partnership, we have 

increased student access to quality print 

and digital materials, both by improving 

school libraries and by connecting students 

to all the resources of Nashville Public 

Library. This program has turned many 

children into voracious readers. 

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What kind of national notice has 

Limitless Libraries received? 

Several other cities have inquired about 

Limitless Libraries, and I’ve talked about 

the initiative at several national conferences. 

We are proud the program received an 

Innovation Award from the Urban Libraries 

Council. We tell other cities that Limitless 

Libraries is highly replicable. The necessary 

partners are public schools, a public library, 

a supportive city government and an 

engaged private sector. I hope Limitless 

Libraries can serve as a model for others on 

how to maximize, coordinate and streamline 

modern library resources for students. 

How has the program been successful 

at achieving its goal (to improve school 

libraries, foster resource sharing and 

improve access to learning materials? 

There’s a reason students in Limitless 

Libraries checked out 89,262 items last 

school year: They are excited about the 

access they have to all of Nashville’s library 

resources and the improved collections in 

their own school libraries. Teachers report 

students are enthusiastic about the program 

and that they order public library books and 

electronic resources – not only for themselves, 

but fortheir siblings and parents as well. In 

addition, we are modernizing school libraries 

by making sure every elementary school 

library is equipped with iPads. We have 

added makerspaces in five elementary school 

libraries, and to date, we have opened six 

fully renovated school libraries. It is clear that 

students are enthusiastic about these new 

spaces, which engage them through café 

areas, comfortable seating and makerspaces 

equipped with 3-D printers and video 

equipment. 

Recently, the Nashville Business Journal 

quoted you as saying, “My favorite 

collaboration of all from the past eight 

years is one that created Limitless 

Libraries. There are a lot of things we’ve 

accomplished over the years, but that’s 

the one that tends to make me smile the 

most.” Why is Limitless Libraries your 

favorite collaboration? 

How is it making a difference? 

grew up in a small town, and my favorite 

I place to spend time was at the public 

library. All doors seemed to be open, and all 

dreams seemed possible there. I still love to 

be surrounded by books. I hope our school 

libraries will have that same appeal to all 

Metro students, thanks to the programs 

and modern spaces provided by Limitless 

Libraries. 

Melissa Raines, a librarian at DuPont Tyler 

Middle School, wrote to me saying that 

every afternoon – and I quote – “A group of 

boys run (literally!) through the library doors 

to check on the delivery from Limitless 

Libraries. I’ve never seen male students so 

excited about reading! They like to read, 

because they are reading what they like.” 

When I hear about that kind of excitement 

among our students about books and 

reading, I know we’ve done something 

special through Limitless Libraries. 



Studio NPL 

Out-of-school learning experiences are crucial to readying teens for college, the 

workforce and beyond. At Studio NPL, the library’s innovative, mentor-based 

learning space, teens can access sophisticated technology and develop digital 

literacy skills and 21st century competencies that are key to higher education and 

lifelong success. 

In April 2015, Nashville Public Library opened its sixth Studio NPL location at the Main 

Library, a 2,500-square-foot space with three production booths for video editing, 

audio editing and recording, a performance space, gaming consoles, robotics stations, 

3-D printers and more. In addition, five other Studio NPL spaces were opened at the 

Green Hills, Bellevue, Southeast, Madison and East branch libraries, and a mobile 

Studio environment was created to reach public schools, community centers and 

other organizations whose limited resources prevent a visit to a fixed Studio space. 

With help from expert mentors, more than 10,000 teens enjoyed Studio spaces and 

participated in mentor-led programs such as podcasting, video production, audio 

production, photography and more. In addition, Studio NPL continues to partner with 

Southern Word, a spoken word organization, and plans to work with organizations 

such as Urban Green Labs to co-host STEM workshops, the Iron Yard to host coding 

classes and the Porch Writers Collective to host monthly writing workshops. 

Studio NPL is sponsored by the Memorial Foundation, the Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund and Barge, Waggoner, 

Sumner & Cannon, Inc. 

15,000 

The number of teens NPL 

expects to serve this year 

through Studio NPL, mobile 

programing and at NAZA 

(Nashville After Zone 

Alliance) sites this year. 

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The number of staff and 

guest mentors who led 

programs in the fields of 

audio, writing, photography, 

video, 3-D design and more. 

81 

The number of technology 

devices purchased by gifts 

to the Library Foundation, 

including six iMac laptops, 

26 large format printers, 

25 DSLR cameras, five 3-D 

scanners and more. 

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LUKE WIGET 

Studio NPL Mentor 

“ 

Neil Gaiman, a best-selling author, once 

said, “We learn by finishing things.” The best 

way to learn is to take something all the 

way to completion. The concept at Studio 

NPL is simple – teens come in, and they 

make things – but it’s during this process 

that passion, enlightenment and learning 

come to life and doors begin to open. 

Studio NPL allows students to learn much 

more than what’s at their fingertips. They 

are learning social and emotional skills 

without even realizing it. They are doing 

math, converting measurements and 

practicing critical thinking. If students want 

to make a beat, they end up learning how 

to use software, read through manuals, 

email attachments and use Google Drive. 

Or, if they want to record a song, they are 

automatically learning about recording, 

production and maybe even video 

creation. That desire to have a finished 

product instigates an entire stream of 

learning that we mentors help facilitate. 

Classroom teaching is often dictated and 

guided by state standards and teachers’ 

learning objectives. At Studio NPL, learning 

is driven by the students’ own desire to 

be here. As a former teacher, I know how 

hard it is to keep the attention of 20 to 

30 students at one time, or to drag 150 

students through Algebra over the course 

of a day. Everyone learns at his or her own 

pace, and this method can make it hard 

for students to see progress and results. 

At Studio NPL, a student can walk in, see 

something he or she is interested in, get 

one-on-one guidance and walk out three 

hours later with an “artifact” that proves 

something valuable was done with their 

time. These students are incredibly proud 

of what they make, and as a result, they have 

a new motivation to learn. 

“ 

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COLLIN VARGAS 

Nashville School of the Arts Alumni 

“ 

My friend introduced me to the Studio in May 

right after it opened. Before going to the 

Studio, I had never created a song before. I 

used to stay home and try to teach myself, but 

I’d always give up. When I got to the Studio, I 

was able to write a song, finish it and record it. 

I went to a music production camp at the 

Main Studio NPL this summer and learned 

how to use software for production and also 

got to meet songwriting mentors to learn 

how to write music. It didn’t take me too 

long to learn the programs and software 

at the Studio. I feel like I learn a lot faster 

here because it meets my learning style. 

The one-on-one attention from mentors 

and the ability to sit down and learn things 

hands-on is really helpful. I don’t know 

what I’d do without Luke, Saran or “J.” 

I recently graduated from Nashville School 

of the Arts and am going to start as a 

volunteer at the Studio this fall. So many kids 

come into the Studio to write and record 

music. I see what music can turn into today 

– there’s so much violence – and I want to 

change that. I want to help these kids find 

their voices and encourage more positivity 

in their music. I also know a bit about 

film and how to edit videos and will help 

students take an idea for a song, learn how 

to play it, record it and make a music video. 

Studio NPL has so much to offer, from 

robotics and sewing to film, music and 

recording. It’s an amazing space to come 

to and express yourself, and I feel really 

comfortable here. I’ve learned how much 

I enjoy making music, writing, recording 

and singing – I even hope to own my own 

production company one day. 

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Nashville After Zone 

Alliance (NAZA) 

The hours between 3 and 6 p.m. can be dangerous for kids. That’s when some 

children are out of school and unsupervised until their parents get home from work. 

National studies show students are more likely to engage in crime, become victims of 

crime or try risky behaviors during those hours. 

In Nashville, middle school students were falling through the cracks after school. What’s 

more, they were faltering at school – and, ultimately, dropping out before graduation. 

In 2010, a citywide task force set out to deal with Nashville’s “three-to-six” crisis, which 

was derailing so many at-risk middle school students on their path to high school 

graduation. They created NAZA, the Nashville After Zone Alliance. 

NAZA gives kids in grades 5-8 somewhere to go from 3 to 6 o’clock, including, at no 

cost to families, free transportation to and from sites. At NAZA sites, kids do homework 

and take classes – everything from bike repair and fashion design to art and robotics. 

NAZA students demonstrate better school attendance. They earn better scores in math 

and science, and they get into less trouble. And, since moving from the Mayor’s Office 

to Nashville Public Library in 2014, NAZA has helped students boost their reading 

scores, too. 

Limitless Libraries, NPL’s program to get public library books to public school students, 

delivers books, music and study resources to NAZA sites. Meanwhile, a NPL–NAZA 

Literacy Coach develops literacy strategies for NAZA instructors. As part of a pilot 

Reading Mentors program, NPL librarians visit NAZA sites, offering literacy activities. 

“If we engage middle school kids in NAZA, they’ll be ready for high school,” said NAZA 

Coordinator Candy Markman. “Then, we can get them into programs for teens – and 

then, they’re engaged in the library for life.” 

NAZA is supported by the Economic Club of Nashville (ECON) Charities, The Forum for Youth Investment, 

James Stephen Turner Family Foundation, Metro Arts Commission and The Wallace Foundation. 

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KARA YOUNGBLOOD 

NAZA Reading Mentor and Teen Librarian, 

Bordeaux Branch Library 

“ 

I have a background in education and love 

working with after-school programs. As a 

teen librarian for NPL, I was asked to serve 

as a Reading Mentor for NAZA’s after school 

program site, John Early Middle School. 

Through a partnership between NAZA and 

Girls, Inc., I met regularly with a group of fifththrough 

eighth-grade girls and facilitated a 

book club. We all read Neil Gaiman’s novel 

“Coraline,” and after weeks of discussing the 

book and the girls’ favorite parts of the story, 

we held a movie night at the Bordeaux library 

to watch the film. The girls were allowed to 

leave school early, and for many of them, it 

was their first time in a public library. This 

program not only showed these students 

what the library had to offer, it also exposed 

them to literature they had not read before 

and got them excited about reading in a big 

way. In fact, they were more excited about 

reading the book than watching the movie! 

One girl said after the first day, “I’m 

so excited to go home and read this 

chapter again with my mom tonight!” 

The NAZA after-school program partners 

with organizations like Girls, Inc., YMCA, 

the Center for Refugees and Immigrants of 

Tennessee, the Pencil Foundation, and many 

others. It is a tremendous effort, and the 

program gives these kids something concrete 

and worthwhile to do after school. A lot of 

these kids go home to an empty house, and 

they aren’t supervised during those hours. 

Having an after-school program allows them 

to learn new things, get involved with their 

community and feel like they are a part of 

something. These students are proud of what 

they are doing, and it’s positively reinforcing 

their self-confidence and encouraging them 

to truly go after their dreams. 

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Local economic development and businesses depend on a skilled and literate 

workforce, yet 12 percent of Davidson County adults lack basic reading and 

comprehension skills and many do not have a high school diploma or GED certificate. 

In addition, growing numbers of adults are unemployed or need access to the proper 

support and learning opportunities to acquire English language proficiency. 

Nashville Public Library’s Adult Literacy programs connect community need with 

library resources. NPL serves many types of adult learners: those who wish to improve 

their reading abilities, people learning computer skills to secure a job and immigrants 

acquiring new strategies to reach their financial goals. Classes and workshops include 

digital literacy, library skills, financial counseling, professional development, job search 

support and Pathways for New Americans – a resource that provides English Language 

Learning (ELL), immigration, naturalization and citizenship support. 

In partnership with more than 25 local organizations, NPL programs take place within 

our facilities and out in the community, in group settings or one-on-one, and through 

scheduled classes or drop-in sessions. More than 7,000 adults in Davidson County will 

benefit from instruction in the coming year. 

The Adult Literacy program is sponsored by Bank of America Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle 

Tennessee, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Google Fiber, Nashville Adult Literacy Council and SunTrust. 

866 

training, professional 

development and library 

resource services in 2015. 

The number of patrons 

100 

who attended ESL classes 

through NPL’s Adult Literacy 

programs in 2014-2015. 

3,478 

The number of adult patrons 

who benefited from job search 

assistance, computer skills 

The number of educators 

who attended the 2014 Adult 

Education Symposium. 

Held at the Main Library, 

the symposium featured 

keynote speaker Kevin Dean, 

executive director of Literacy 

Mid-South, along with 

panelists from Centerstone, 

Goodwill, Tennessee 

Foreign Language Institute 

and other organizations 

to discuss topics ranging 

from family literacy 

and mental health to 

collaborative learning and 

integrating technology in 

the classroom. 

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YASSIR AL SHAIKHLY 

Adult Literacy Assistant, Nashville Public Library 

“ 

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I came to Nashville in 2009 as an immigrant 

from Iraq. I had heard of the public library 

system in the U.S. from a friend, but had 

no idea the extent of services the library 

offered – and for free. At the time, I didn’t 

have access to a car or a device to learn the 

bus route and wasn’t able to communicate 

with my friends and family back home. 

So I began to walk and finally found the 

Edmonson Pike branch library. After that, 

everything changed for the better. I was 

able to use the computers and Wi-Fi to 

talk with my family for the first time in 

two months. I spent about five hours a 

day there, studying for the GED test, and I 

learned about public services, programs 

and community education classes offered 

by the library and partner organizations. 

Since coming to the library, I’ve earned my 

GED and associate degree and am currently 

a senior at MTSU studying computer 

information systems. I became naturalized 

last year after passing the U.S. citizenship test, 

thanks to the helpful resources offered by the 

library’s Pathways for New Americans initiative. 

Today, I’m proud to serve as the library’s 

Adult Literacy assistant and help other 

immigrants and adults in Nashville learn 

how to use computers and technology, get 

jobs, and understand all the resources the 

library has to offer. The library is not just a 

place for books, as many adult refugees 

and immigrants believe. At Nashville Public 

Library, we come to you. If you are disabled, 

don’t have a car or live far away, we can still 

help you learn English, help you get your 

GED and continue your education. This isn’t 

the case in other countries. When I came 

here, I was 24 years old, and I discovered the 

library by myself. I enjoy getting to help other 

adults who are in need of someone to show 

them what resources are made available by 

the public library system. 

“

JUDY RYE 

Director of Adult Education, Martha O’Bryan Center 

“ 

At Martha O’Bryan, 98 percent of the 

people we serve are living in poverty. 

The professional development services 

offered by NPL’s Adult Literacy program 

are invaluable and have helped me make 

more informed decisions about what is 

best for our community of adult learners. 

I’m so thankful this program came about. It’s 

so needed. In the past, other educators or 

organizations would try to coordinate the 

adult education community and there was 

simply no traction. Nashville Public Library 

is a trusted institution that sees education 

from all angles. It appeals to educators 

working in churches, for the government 

– it appeals to everyone no matter their 

context for teaching. It was so important to 

have an institution like the library connect 

and unify Nashville educators to make a 

difference. Thanks to Megan Godbey and 

the team at NPL, there is a definite, robust 

conversation happening among educators 

that’s helping to focus our efforts and 

better serve adults in the community. 

I’m excited to be part of a movement and 

force that will not only determine what 

Nashville needs, but will assist the 65,000 

adults in Nashville who cannot read or do 

not have a high school diploma. 

“ 



Computer Training and 

Digital Literacy 

digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate 

A information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original 

content and use the Internet and other technology tools to achieve academic, 

professional and personal goals. Yet, 20 percent of American adults cannot access or 

use the Internet, 34 percent of non-Internet users don’t believe the Internet is relevant 

to them and 32 percent perceive the Internet is difficult to use. More than twothirds 

of non-users believe they need someone to help them go online and use the 

Internet effectively. The result is a significant digital divide that impacts an individual’s 

potential, community connectivity and local economic development. 

Nashville Public Library offers all Davidson County adults, regardless of age, 

household income, ability or language preference, a robust series of digital literacy 

programs, free of charge. Since 2010, these programs have reached nearly 10,000 

adults. Free access to computers and Internet is a key element of what NPL provides 

– with nearly 800,000 public computer sessions taking place at the library each 

year. Additional services include personal instruction on introduction to computers, 

Internet use and online safety, Microsoft Office and NPL’s free digital products, 

including databases, e-books and downloadable content. In addition, NPL offers both 

stationary and mobile “Job Labs” with personalized instruction for unemployed or 

underemployed patrons in need of job search assistance. 

Digital Inclusion is sponsored by Google Fiber and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). 

20+ 

44% 

54,495 

The number of NPL’s 

digital literacy community 

partners, including Conexión 

Américas, The Salvation 

Army and the Nashville 

Adult Literacy Council. 

Percentage of Metro School 

students who do not have 

access to computers or 

connectivity at home. 

Number of Metropolitan 

Nashville households 

that need assistance to 

enter the digital age. 

(Connected Nation) 

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SUSAN REAVES 

Digital Inclusion Fellow 2015-2016 

“ 

As Nashville Public Library’s Digital Inclusion 

Fellow, I am privileged to join a select 

group. Nashville Public Library was chosen 

as one of only sixteen community agencies 

across the United States to receive the firstever 

Digital Inclusion Fellowship funded 

by Google Fiber and NTEN (Nonprofit 

Technology Network). The program recruits 

leaders from digitally divided communities 

to work towards increasing digital literacy 

and broadband adoption in their cities. This 

is also a personal mission for me. With prior 

experience in IT and Telecom, I have seen 

the disturbing growth of the digital divide. 

In Nashville, more than 30 percent of Metro 

residents lack home broadband access. The 

cost of network access, difficulty in finding 

affordable devices, and failure to understand 

the relevancy of the internet are barriers 

to digital inclusion in our community. 

As the hub of digital education and public 

access to technology, Nashville Public Library 

provides computer skills classes and digital 

skills support for job search assistance in our 

Job Labs. As part of my Fellowship, I will help 

raise community awareness for NPL’s digital 

initiatives, provide enhanced curriculum and 

assist in developing new training programs. 

Outreach is a huge part of this movement, 

not only to teach adults why it’s exciting to 

use the Internet, but also why it’s necessary 

and how it can improve their lives. In today’s 

world, basic computer skills and access to 

the Internet are essential when applying for 

jobs, pursuing education, and increasing 

job skills. Without effective and consistent 

digital access, high school students have 

difficulty completing online assignments. 

College students struggle with online 

courses. Others may not be able to access 

the bus schedule or find needed services. 

Almost all job applications are online. 

I’m so fortunate to have this fellowship and 

to be part of the digital inclusion movement 

with Nashville Public Library. I look forward 

to sharing our progress in next year’s report. 

“ 


NPL, By The Numbers 

6,868 

The number of seed 

packets NPL patrons 

“checked out” from the 

library’s Seed Exchange 

program in 2015, 

including 1,014 packets of 

bean seeds, 819 packets 

of flower seeds, 572 

packets of herb seeds, 

506 packets of melon 

seeds and 501 packets 

of squash seeds. Patrons 

were encouraged to bring 

in new seeds from what 

they planted to help grow 

the Seed Exchange’s 

collection and Nashville’s 

access to a sustainable, 

local seed crop. 

Additionally, more than 

500 patrons attended 

more than 30 gardeningrelated 

programs at NPL. 

5 million 

Nashville Public Library 

celebrated a major 

milestone this year as it 

lent out its 5 millionth 

item – a record high for 

number of items lent out 

in one year. 

756,250 

The number of public 

computer sessions that 

took place at Nashville 

Public Library this year, 

helping patrons learn and 

embrace digital literacy. 

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The number of bestselling 

authors NPL’s 

Salon@615 program 

hosted in 2015. More 

than 2,900 community 

members attended talks 

by writers such as Jodi 

Picoult, Sally Mann, 

Candace Bushnell and 

Daniel Handler. 

4,446 

The number of books 

circulated citywide in 

support of the Nashville 

Reads citywide reading 

campaign. The 2015 

Nashville Reads selection 

was “Between Shades of 

Gray” by Ruta Sepetys. 

705 

The number of 

community members who 

visited the Main Library to 

see the “WannaBeatles” 

perform as part of NPL’s 

Courtyard Concert series. 

Sponsored by NPLF, the 

series brought in acts 

such as Mr. Sipp, Riders in 

the Sky, Annie Sellic and 

Mandy Barnett for more 

than 4,400 music lovers 

of all ages to enjoy, free 

of charge. 

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2014 Nashville Public 

Library Literary Award 

The Nashville Public Library Literary Award celebrated 

its 11th year in 2014 and honored best-selling thriller 

novelist Scott Turow. The Literary Award weekend kicked off 

with a Patrons Party at the home of Margaret Ann Robinson, 

continued with a public lecture at Montgomery Bell 

Academy and culminated with a courtroom-inspired Literary 

Award Gala at the Main Library. The 11th annual NPL Literary Award, co-chaired by 

Corinne Kidd and Keith Meacham, raised more than $640,000 – a record amount – 

which benefited the library’s early reading program, Bringing Books to Life. 

Previous recipients include David Halberstam, David McCullough, John Updike, Ann 

Patchett, John Irving, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Billy Collins, John McPhee, Margaret 

Atwood and Robert K. Massie. 

The 2014 Nashville Public Library Literary Award was underwritten by Judy and Steve Turner. 

Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of ten best-selling works of fiction, and 

his newest novel, Identical, was published by Grand Central Publishing in October, 2013. He 

has also written two non-fiction books – One L (1977) about his experience as a law student, 

and Ultimate Punishment (2003), a reflection on the death penalty. Mr. Turow has been a 

partner in the Chicago office of Dentons, an international law firm, since 1986, concentrating 

on white collar criminal defense, while also devoting a substantial part of his time to pro bono 

matters. He has served on a number of public bodies, including the Illinois Commission on 

Capital Punishment to recommend reforms to Illinois’ death penalty system, and was the first 

Chair of Illinois’ Executive Ethics Commission. He is also President of the Authors Guild, the 

nation’s largest membership organization of professional writers. 


Write the Next Chapter 

A Campaign for the Nashville Public Library Foundation 

In June 2015, NPLF celebrated a major milestone as it exceeded its goal to raise 

$15 million for Nashville Public Library. Spearheaded by campaign volunteers 

Margaret Ann Robinson and Jean Ann Banker, and honorary co-chairs Nicole Kidman 

and Mayor Karl Dean, the “Write the Next Chapter” campaign raised $15.2 million 

to support free educational programs, visual art exhibits, facility revitalization and 

significant collection enhancements that will benefit the entire Nashville community 

for generations to come. This is a proud moment for the Library Foundation and the 

city of Nashville as these gifts will strengthen the library and elevate its ability to 

provide free and equal access to education and opportunity for every Nashvillian. 

Generous donors to the campaign include the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, 

Judy and Steve Turner, Stephanie and John R. Ingram and Barbara and Gary Haugen. 

Pacesetting ($1,000,000+) 

Dollar General Literacy 

Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Haugen, 

The Richards Family 

Advised Fund ◊ 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram, 

The John R. Ingram 


Judy and Steve Turner 

Leadership ($250,000-$999,999) 

Anonymous 

Cal Turner Family 


William H. Criswell 

Family Gift 

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Harper 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Freeman 

William C. Weaver 

Family Gift 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Berschback 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friedrich 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 

Myatt Hooper 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Stinson 

McAlister, Jr. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Craig 

Weaver Proctor 

Mr. and Mrs. William C. 

Weaver IV 

Garrett Family Garden, 

Goodlettsville Branch 

JC Garrett, III Family 


Mrs. Susan L. Garrett 

Mr. Timothy M. Garrett 

Mrs. Anne B. Garrett 

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny C. 

Garrett IV 

Mrs. Leslie Anne 

Garrett-Stephens 

Mrs. Rachel Garrett McCloud 

Mr. Will Garrett 

Ms. Nola Garrett 

“Jenny” Nichols 

Ms. Macy Garrett 

Joe C. Davis Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. William B. King 

The Memorial Foundation 

Laura Anne Turner 

◊=of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee 

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Major ($50,000-$249,999) 

Mr. Victor S. Johxanson III, 

The Aladdin Industries Fund ◊ 

The Atticus Trust 

The Andrea Waitt Carlton 

Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. 

Bovender 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

Bovender 

Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III 

The Community Foundation 

of Middle Tennessee 

CCA 

The Honorable Karl F. Dean 

and Ms. Delta Anne Davis 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eskind ◊ 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist, 

Carol K. and Robert A. Frist 

MD Advised Fund ◊ 

The Joel and Bernice Gordon 

Family Foundation 

Joel and Bernice Gordon 

Frank and Gwen Gordon 

Bob and Julie Gordon 

Jeff and Gail Jacobs 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery N. 

Haynes 

Ingram Content Group 

Mr. Mark Magnuson, 

Anode, Inc. 

MP&F Public Relations 

Juli and Ralph Mosley 

Jennifer and Eric Paisley, 

The Rechter Family 


Mrs. Walter M. Robinson, Jr. 

Sandra Schatten Foundation 

in memory of 

Emanuel Schatten 

Mrs. Nicole Kidman-Urban 

and Mr. Keith Urban 

Special ($15,000 - $49,999) 

Dr. Dave and 

Beth Alexander 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker 

Barge Waggoner Sumner & 

Cannon, Inc. 

Bridgestone Americas 

Trust Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. William 

Cochran, Sr. ◊ 

Mr. and Mrs. Townes Duncan 

Mrs. Irwin B. Eskind 

Dr. Steven and Laurie Eskind 

Mr. and Mrs. James W. 

Gaittens 

Mrs. Phyllis G. Heard 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. 

Holton 

Tari and Jim Hughes 

Mr. and Mrs. Clay T. Jackson 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard 

Lodge 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. 

Lovett 

Mr. Andrew L. May and 

Nancy J. Brown, M.D. 

Gwyneth and Michael Neuss 

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. 

Papel 

Dr. Walter M. Robinson III 

Rotary Club of Nashville 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. 

Simmons 

Shirley and Stuart Speyer, 

The Shirley and Stuart 

Speyer Family Fund ◊ 

The Honorable 

Aleta A. Trauger and 

Mr. Byron R. Trauger 

Dr. and Mrs. Karl 

VanDevender 

Ms. Katy Varney and 

Mr. Dave Goetz, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams 

III, Jerry B. Williams and 

Ernest Williams III 


◊=of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee 


Community Partnerships 

Community partnerships are a cornerstone of our work and success. Our library 

is not bound by its halls and walls – we work with schools, nonprofits, arts 

organizations and youth-focused groups around the city. Together, with these allies, 

we get into Nashville’s neighborhoods, delivering our education programs to as 

many children and families as we can reach. Our approach to partnerships helps us 

maximize library resources and be a vibrant part of our community. 

Ingram Content Group Adopts 

Southeast Library 

Libraries are not just in our communities 

or for our communities; they are 

our communities. Perhaps no one 

understands this better than John 

Ingram, chairman and CEO of Ingram 

Content Group. Located close to 

Ingram’s global headquarters in La 

Vergne, the Southeast neighborhood is 

home to the company, which connects 

content in all forms with readers 

around the world, and many of its 

employees and their families. So when 

the new 25,000-square-foot Southeast 

branch library was built last year, 

Ingram Content Group jumped on the 

opportunity to adopt the branch library 

as part of the Foundation’s Adopt-A- 

Branch program. 

“Through this partnership, we are 

investing in the neighborhood that 

surrounds our company and in the 

families that depend on the library’s 

educational programs,” Ingram said. “I 

hope all area businesses will recognize 

the important role that libraries play in 

the lives of our citizens and employees, 

and I invite them to join me in ensuring 

their future.” 

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Thanks to the $50,000 yearlong 

sponsorship, more than 158,200 

residents visited the branch since its 

opening, nearly 200,000 

items were circulated and 

more than 14,500 patrons 

participated in one of 198 

library programs, including 

Story Times, STEM camps, 

Citizenship Courses, Nutrition 

Classes and many more. 

Ingram celebrated the partnership by 

hosting a “Love Your Library” week, 

Civil Rights Room Hosts Training for 

Metro Nashville Police Academy 

There’s a room at Nashville Public 

Library that’s filled with voices. They 

are the voices of heroes who marched 

and prayed in peaceful protest against 

segregation in America. The voices of 

these brave men and women now dwell 

in the NPL Civil Rights Room thanks to a 

generous gift from Robin and Bill King. 

“Libraries are 

not just in our 

communities or for 

our communities; 

they are our 

communities.” 

offering a library card sign-up drive for 

its employees and even volunteering 

at Southeast’s Summer Challenge 

Celebration. We are so 

grateful to Ingram for 

believing in the Southeast 

community, because it’s 

their support that’s helping 

libraries like Southeast 

develop into bigger, 

better, more meaningful 

repositories of truth, adventure and 

knowledge – for all. 

This space sits in the center of Nashville 

in our Main Library. It holds oral histories, 

photographs and other archives from 

America’s Civil Rights Movement. Many 

of these items came right from Nashville, 

where peaceful protestors staged lunchcounter 

sit-ins at downtown department 

stores. 

This year, NPL built on this legacy by 

tying the voices of the Civil Rights 

Movement to questions of how we can 

build a better America today and work 

to achieve a safer, more just society. 

In 2015, NPL formed a new partnership 

with local law enforcement, hosting 

Civil Rights training for 105 Metro 

Nashville Police Academy trainees 

and 219 officers with the Tennessee 

Bureau of Investigation. Meanwhile, 

our yearlong community conversations 

helped Nashvillians better understand 

their neighbors through discussions of 

contemporary issues of race, class and 

gender. 

Overall, NPL’s Civil Rights Room and 

Special Collections provided related 

programs and community engagement 

for more than 7,600 people. 


MSNBC Recognizes Library’s Work 

With Homeless Community 

NPL’s staff is proud to work with patrons 

experiencing homelessness to help them 

find hope. Liz Coleman, a reference 

librarian at Main, is a case in point. 

Named “Footsoldier of the Week” by 

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry, Coleman’s 

dedication to NPL’s patrons is 

gaining recognition on a 

national level. 

Some of Coleman’s 

patrons come to the Main 

Library every morning. 

They come to get out of 

the heat or cold, to use 

computers – and to meet with Liz, who 

connects them with organizations that 

provide housing and health support. 

Last year, she continued to work with 

the Library Homelessness Advisory 

Committee, a group composed of 

“NPL’s staff is proud 

to work with patrons 

experiencing 

homelessness to help 

them find hope.” 

library staff, representatives from the 

city’s Homelessness Commission, Police 

Department, Social Services and local 

outreach organizations including the 

Mental Health Cooperative, Oasis, 

Centerstone, Open Table, and Room 

In The Inn, as well as patrons who are 

experiencing or have 

experienced homelessness. 

In 2015, outreach workers 

at NPL offered more than 

290 counseling sessions 

with patrons experiencing 

poverty, homelessness 

or mental health needs. NPL is proud 

of Liz and its staff’s dedication to 

serving every patron, no matter their 

background or circumstance. 

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Summer Challenge 

Heroes Unite 

to Stop 

“Summer Slide” 

Everyone loves a hero. So it’s no surprise 

that, when Nashville Public Library 

brought a superheroes theme to its 2015 

Summer Challenge reading program, the 

city responded. 

Statistics show that summer break 

is a pivotal time for kids to stretch 

their minds: If they don’t read and 

remain engaged during vacation, they 

fall behind their peers by the time 

school resumes. This phenomenon is 

called “summer slide.” This year, more 

than 23,000 people joined Summer 

Challenge, reading, volunteering and 

otherwise learning and 

discovering their way 

through summer vacation. 

Thanks to the program’s 

trusty sidekick and sponsor, 

First Tennessee, the Summer 

Challenge team was able 

to purchase books outside the library’s 

collection. Children’s librarians took 

these materials to community outreach 

sites, offering books and programs 

to children unable to access a library 

location. Excited to get a new book 

every week, children continued to come 

back. They stuffed their new books into 

“Statistics show 

that summer break 

is a pivotal time for 

kids to stretch their 

minds.” 

the library’s trademark sky-blue Summer 

Challenge tote bags—another gift made 

possible by First Tennessee. What’s 

more, they brought them back at a 60 

percent rate – taking the first steps to 

becoming model library patrons. 

First Tennessee’s support also enabled 

the Summer Challenge team 

to purchase curriculum 

boxes, filled with circuitry 

kits, costume sets and craft 

supplies, as well as hire 

performers for summer 

programs. Library staff at 

NPL’s 21 locations used 

these resources to offer 788 Summer 

Challenge activities, which nearly 50,000 

people joined. 

A hero is great. A hero with an awesome 

sidekick is even better. Thanks, First 

Tennessee. 


Faces of Nashville 

Public Library 

We asked our community of patrons, staff and volunteers to tell us what makes them 

proud of Nashville Public Library. 

I’m proud of NPL because… 

DARA BACON 

Outreach Assistant 

and Volunteer 

Coordinator 

We are active in 

outreach. We don’t wait 

for Nashville to come to us, 

we go to them. Thousands of 

preschoolers will experience a quality story 

time or puppet show throughout Davidson 

County this year, regardless of whether 

they set foot in a library. For many children, 

Bringing Books to Life is their first public 

library experience – and what an impactful 

first impression that makes! 

CLAUDIA 

SCHENCK 

Director of 

Operations, NPLF 

We push limits, we are 

innovative and we are 

all-inclusive. 

LISA CULLUM 

Volunteer of the Year 


continues to explore 

new ideas and ways to 

broaden the experiences 

of its patrons. 

SABER 

ABDELHALIM 

Public Technology 

Associate 

We have programs that 

provide the best learning 

environment for everyone 

and from all walks of life. 

JENA LOCKE 

Vice President, Next 

Chapter Society 

I am proud of NPL 

for engaging the next 

generation of library 

supporters. I find that 

young professionals are at 

a crucial life stage to capture their interest 

in the library. Many will make mention that 

the last time they enjoyed reading was 

as a child, and many of their more recent 

years were spent with required reading and 

textbooks for classes. There are countless 

programs at NPL that go beyond the 

book to offer our community something 

truly valuable, and by engaging the next 

generation of Nashvillians, we can ensure 

the library will continue to impact our city 

for years to come. 

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KLEM-MARÍ 

CAJIGAS 

Family Literacy 

Coordinator and 

Bilingual GROW 

Facilitator 

We are out in the community, 

telling others about the library and inviting 

others to be a part of it. We are a world-class 

library system. 

MEGAN GODBEY 


Coordinator 

We continue to do 

innovative, brave and 

challenging work. We push 

the definition of what a 

library can be – not just a 

community living room, but a space to share 

new ideas; not just a source of information, but 

a connector for access to needed services and 

information; not just a free program, but a place 

for kids of all ages to engage and learn. 

NIQ TOGNONI 

Studio NPL Coordinator 

Nashville Public Library’s 

motto really says it all: 

Books are only half the 

story. We have a wonderful 

collection and do so much to 

build literacy across our region, 

but we do so much more. I’ve never worked 

at another library – well another anything – 

where we are encouraged to think so far out 

of the box and are given so much freedom to 

try new programs and offer new technologies 

and resources. NPL is absolutely dedicated 

to serving our patrons to the best of our 

abilities, and the voice of the community drives 

everything that is done here. I’ve never been 

more proud to be part of a team than I am here 

at NPL. 

A Word from Our Supporters 

“I love libraries because they are all about 

opportunity – equal opportunity for everyone. 

They provide free and open access to 

information and services that are meaningful 

and, in many cases, life changing. At a local 

library, anyone can open a book as well as 

a door to a better life, a new opportunity, or 

simply escape through the pages of a good 

book. Libraries have truly grown to become 

critical community centers, and I’m happy 

that Ingram is able to support their work and 

service to the community.” 

John Ingram, Chairman and CEO, 


“Bank of America is proud to support the 

Nashville Public Library Job Lab. To be 

competitive in today’s workforce, job-seekers 

need access to the internet, computer skills, 

job coaches and opportunities to build their 

skill set. The Job Lab provides all of these 

services to Nashvillians free of charge, and 

Bank of America is proud to have a part in 

helping to provide these services to our 

community.” 

John Stein, Tennessee president, 

Bank of America 

“At a time when so many libraries around 

the country are wringing their hands over 

what’s to become of libraries in a world with 

diminished value on books, it’s not a problem 

here in Nashville. This is a library that has 

always extended its reach.” 

Bill King, founder, Civil Rights Room 

“What we’re doing here is making Nashville 

and all of Middle Tennessee a little bit smarter, 

a little bit more tolerant, a little bit more 

understanding, a little more broad in the way 

we think about things. And when you get right 

down to it, that’s why we do what we do.” 

Keith Simmons, NPL Board Chair and 

founding president, NPLF 

“When you talk about a major gift and a return 

on investment, people give for all kinds of 

reasons. Whether it is human capital or bricks 

and mortar, the library is a wonderful place to 

make an impact on this city for this generation 

and the next and the next.” 

Katy Varney, Former Board Chair, NPLF


Financials 

As a department of Metro Nashville, the Nashville Public Library receives the 

majority of its funding directly from the city. The Nashville Public Library 

Foundation was created in 1997 to enhance the library’s programs, facilities and 

collections beyond the city’s budget. We are pleased to share our joint fiscal story 

and showcase how a thriving partnership between local government funding and 

private philanthropy makes a difference for library patrons and the city of Nashville. 

Capital Budget 

July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 

The capital budget funds the library’s physical footprint and uses bond proceeds to 

support construction, renovation and large library maintenance equipment. 

Library Maintenance and Upgrades $10,612,121 

Bordeaux Renovation Phase 1 $257,564 

Limitless Libraries School Library Renovations $827,039 

Materials and Equipment Purchases $5,045,119 

TOTAL FY15 Capital Budget $16,741,843 

Operating Budget 

The operating budget is the annual amount approved by Metro Council to operate 

the Nashville Public Library System. This includes General Fund Appropriations 

(personnel, utilities, repairs and other costs associated with operating NPL facilities) 

as well as support from the Nashville Public Library Foundation and State and 

Federal Grants. 

General Operating $24,003,183 

Additional Funding 

State and Federal Grants $150,232 

Nashville Public Library Foundation 

Direct Funding to NPL $890,500* 

TOTAL FY15 Non-Capital Budget $25,043,915 

*The Nashville Public Library Foundation provided an additional $2,423,396 on behalf of NPL and, in total, contributed 

$3.3 million towards library programs, collections and facilities. 

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Library Foundation 

Financials 


The Nashville Public Library Foundation is supported by a community of leaders, 

learners and innovative achievers dedicated to building a brighter city by supporting 

and empowering one of our city’s greatest resources – the Nashville Public Library. 

Our Organization’s Fiscal Story 


Income: 3,439,887 

Expenses: 3,313,896 

Program Expenditures 

Children: $614,128 

Teens: $731,413 

Community: $354,035 

Lifelong Learning: $407,312 

Collections: $1,207,008 


Our Supporters 

DONORS BY GIFT LEVEL 

Gifts made from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 

Gifts of more than $100,000 

Cal Turner Family Foundation 

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee 

Dollar General Literacy Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Haugen, 

Richards Family Advised Fund ◊ 

Joel and Bernice Gordon Family Foundation, 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

E. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gordon, Mr. 

and Mrs. Jeffrey Miles Jacobs 

Mr. and Mrs. William B. King, 

King Family Advised Fund ◊** 

The Memorial Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Turner ** 

Gifts of $25,000 to $99,999 

The Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation 

Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Canon, Inc. 

CCA 

The Honorable Karl F. Dean and 

Ms. Delta Anne Davis ◊** 

First Tennessee Foundation 

Senator William H. Frist, M.D., Dorothy Cate 

and Thomas F. Frist Foundation 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist, Carol K. and 

Robert A. Frist M.D. Fund ◊** 


Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram, 

John R. Ingram Advised Fund ◊ 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Paisley, 

Rechter Family Fund ◊** 

Scarlett Family Foundation 

Ms. Laura Anne Turner 

Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999 

Anonymous 

Bank of America 

Bank of America Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker ** 

Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II, Mary Frist and 

H. Lee Barfield II Fund ◊ 

The Blakney Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. 

Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation 

Dr. and Mrs. James F. Conrad ** 

Dollar General 

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ferguson 

FirstBank 

Friends of Bellevue Branch, Friends of 

Nashville Public Library, Inc. 

Ms. Karyn Frist, Karyn McLaughlin Frist Fund ◊ 

Google Fiber 

Dr. and Mrs. John Greer 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery N. Haynes ** 

HCA Foundation 

HCA|TriStar Health 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Holton 

Mrs. Martha R. Ingram, Martha Rivers Ingram 

Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Clay T. Jackson ** 

JC Garrett III Family Foundation 

Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award Fund, Directed 

by The Honorable Karl F. Dean ◊ 

Mr. and Mrs. Brock Kidd, Dorothy Cate and 

Thomas F. Frist Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Lodge 

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Meacham 

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Papel ** 

Rotary Club of Nashville 

Ms. Sandra Schatten, 

Sandra Schatten Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Speyer, Shirley and 

Stuart Speyer Family Fund ◊ 

SunTrust Bank 

SunTrust Foundation 

T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc. 

The Honorable Aleta Trauger and 

Mr. Byron Trauger ** 

Vanderbilt University 

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams III, Jerry B. 

Williams & Ernest Williams III Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Wood ** 

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Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 

Beth and Dr. Dave Alexander Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr., MSB 

Cockayne Fund, Inc. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead ** 

Ms. Caroline A. Davis 

The Reverend Canon and 

Mrs. Fred Dettwiller ** 

Diversified Trust 

Fifth Third Bank 

Ms. Beth A. Fortune and Ms. Debbie Turner ** 

Frist Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Frist III 

Gobbell Hays Partners Inc. 

Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. Chad Holliday 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hooker, 

Ingram Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Myatt Hooper 

Joe C. Davis Foundation 

Mrs. Jack W. Kuhn 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Lovett ** 

Montgomery Bell Academy 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Mosley ** 

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLC 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Neuss 

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV 

Mrs. Walter M. Robinson Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Zulu Scott-Barnes, 

MSB Cockayne Fund, Inc. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Lucas Simons, Susan W. 

Simons and W. Lucas Simons Jr. 

Philanthropic Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Steakley ** 

Turner Publishing Company 

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville 

Ms. Katy Varney and Mr. Dave Goetz Jr. ** 

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and 

Ms. Lydia Howarth 

Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 

Anonymous 

Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey III 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Balser ** 

Bank of Nashville 

Belmont University 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bovender ** 

Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Brown, Schwab 

Charitable Fund ** 

Mrs. Iris W. Buhl, Buhl Family Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. Scott C. Chambers, 

Scott C. Chambers Fund ◊ 

Ms. Corey Chatis ** 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clay Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John 

W. Clay Jr. Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Cook III 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. John Darwin III 

Disney/ABC Television Group 

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Dretler 

Mr. and Mrs. Townes Duncan ** 

Emma, Inc. 

Mrs. Irwin B. Eskind, Annette and Irwin Eskind 

Family Foundation ** 

Dr. and Mrs. Steven Eskind, Steven and Laurie 

Eskind Family Foundation ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Gordon, Joel and Bernice 

Gordon Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gordon, Joel and 

Bernice Gordon Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Parker Griffith III 

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hagood ** 

Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes 

The Honorable and Mrs. Douglas S. Henry Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hughes ** 

Mr. and Mrs. L. Owen Kelly 

Dr. and Mrs. Will D. Kendrick ** 

Ms. Elyse Adler and Mr. Adam Liff, 

Adam J. Liff Advised Fund ◊** 

Mr. Mark Magnuson and Mr. Steve Westfield ** 

Mr. Andrew L. May and Dr. Nancy J. Brown ** 

Mr. Rusty Miller and Dr. Heather Fairbank ** 

Dr. and Mrs. John Mori 

Ms. Vonda Neelly and Mr. Rob Stephenson 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Overby 

Dr. and Mrs. Karl VanDevender 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Rechter, 

Rechter Family Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rick 

Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Roos 

Mr. and Mrs. Gray Sasser 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Satz ** 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Scott ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Searcy ** 

Mrs. John Seigenthaler 


Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Shayne, 

Shayne Foundation ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Simmons ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith 

Drs. Rebecca and Michael Swan ** 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Turner Jr. ** 

Dr. Jan van Eys 

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Viner ** 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Ridley Wills III 

Mr. and Mrs. Blair J. Wilson, 

Vanguard Charitable ** 

Mrs. Martin Zeitlin ** 

Gifts of $1,500 to $2,499 

Ms. Susan Adams Andrews ** 

Anonymous 

Baulch Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. 

Baulch Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Baulch III, Mr. 

and Mrs. David J. Baulch ** 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beasley II ** 

Ms. Miriam L. Bliss and 

Mr. Dwayne W. Barrett ** 

Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boehm 

Mr. Todd Bottorff ** 

Mr. and Mrs. David Braemer 

The Honorable Philip Bredesen 

and Ms. Andrea Conte 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cammack, 

Cammack Family Advised Fund ◊** 

CapStar Bank 

Dr. Elizabeth Cato 

Dr. Kerri Cavanaugh and Dr. Michael Schlosser 

Dr. and Mrs. Eric M. Chazen, Barbara and 

Eric Chazen Family Advised Fund ◊ 

Mr. and Mrs. William Cochran Sr. ** 

Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParle 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doolittle 

Ms. Elizabeth Drewry 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind, Jeffrey and 

Donna Eskind Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eskind, Jane and 

Richard Eskind and Family Foundation ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Ezell 

Ms. Nellie Folsom ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist Jr., Dorothy Cate 

and Thomas F. Frist Foundation ** 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Frist 

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Gaittens ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Gordon, Joel and 

Bernice Gordon Family Foundation ** 

The Willard R. And 

Frances J. Hendrix Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Higgins 

Mr. and Mrs. B. Frederick Horne Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hull 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson Jr. ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Samuel Johnson III 

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Johnston 

Dr. Kristine LaLonde and Dr. Claudio Mosse ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Majors 

Mr. and Mrs. James McElroy 

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority 

Dr. and Mrs. Brent Moody ** 

Ms. Stephanie Moore 

Nashville Electric Service 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nicely 

Dr. and Mrs. John A. Oates 

Mr. and Mrs. Kent Oliver ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Page Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Payne 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Portis, 

The Portis Family Fund ◊** 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rebrovick Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rolfsen, Doy and 

Margaret McCall Family Foundation 

Mrs. Joan B. Shayne, 

Blum Family Foundation ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sherrard III ** 

Mr. and Mrs. John Stein ** 

Mr. and Mrs. Will Tate ** 

Ms. Ann M. Teaff and Mr. Don McPherson 

Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell Tidwell III 

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fall Wade Jr., Horatio B. and 

Willie J. Buntin Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Warren ** 

Mrs. Ted H. Welch 

Gifts of $1,000 to $1,499 

The Honorable and Mrs. Lamar Alexander 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Coffee Allen, Dorothy 

Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Andrews 

Dr. and Mrs. Cole Barfield, Dorothy Cate and 

Thomas F. Frist Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrett 

Mrs. W. Irvin Berry 

Mr. and Mrs. John Bettis 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blair 

Mr. H. Jackson Brown Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rawls Butler V 

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Mr. and Mrs. John L. Chambers 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Claycombe 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Cochran 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Coleman 

Mr. and Mrs. John N. P. Cooper 

Mr. and Mrs. David Coppeans 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cummings 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis 

Mr. Doug Dean 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dennis 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dyke 

Ms. Cathy Eddy 

Mr. David Esquivel 

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Fox 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Frist Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garrett IV 

Mrs. Susan L. Garrett 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Garrett 

Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Gatto III 

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ghertner 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Goad Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gulmi 

Hachette Book Group 

Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins 

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hayworth 

Mrs. Phyllis G. Heard 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ingram Henderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Houff 

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Howard 

Dr. and Mrs. Everette I. Howell Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Isaacs 

Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Ivester 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kanaday Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Loring 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.H. Mathews III 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly III 

The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Miller, Miller Family Fund of 

The Community Foundation of 

Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mulgrew 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Oermann 

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ozgener, 

Oz Foundation Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. Carter Paine 

Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Parkison 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Patton 

Mr. and Mrs. Brant Phillips 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Queener 

Ms. Julia Reed and Mr. John Pearce 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Claiborne Richards Jr. 

Dr. and Mrs. John Riddick 

Ms. Linda Schacht 

Dr. and Mrs. John S. Sergent 

Ms. Jackie Shrago 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Claiborne Sifford, Dorothy Cate 

and Thomas F. Frist Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Small 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Taylor 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Torrence 

Mr. and Mrs. H. Calister Turner III 

Rev. Dr. J. Peter van Eys and Dr. Patti van Eys 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughn 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Viars 

Mr. and Mrs. Giles Ward 

Ms. Joni P. Werthan 

Dr. Jonna and Mr. Douglas B. Whitman, 

Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Ridley Wills II 

Mrs. David K. Wilson 

Ms. Anna D. Windrow 

Dr. and Mrs. J. Kelly Wright Jr. 

Mrs. Robert K. Zelle, Anne H. and Robert K. 

Zelle Advised Fund ◊ 

** = Denotes membership in the Carnegie Society 

(formerly First Edition Society) through an annual gift of 

$1,500 or more in FY2015. 

◊ = of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee 

In Kind Donors 

Anode 

Big Events, Inc. 

Emma 

Lipman Brothers, Inc. 

Michael Shane Neal 

MP&F Public Relations 

Please note: We strive to accurately reflect the 

generosity of each donor. 

Please contact us if you have concerns about your listing. 

Tari P. Hughes, 615.880.2610 


NPL Leadership 

Nashville Public Library Board of Directors 

Keith B. Simmons, Library Board Chair 

Lucy D. Haynes 

Francie M. Hunt 

Sepi C. Khansari 

Robert K. Oermann 

Margaret Ann Robinson 

Joyce Searcy 

Nashville Public Library Leadership 

Kent Oliver, Director 

Susan Drye, Administrative Services 

Larry Price, Branch Services 

Tricia Bengel, Collections and Technology Services 

Elyse Adler, Community Engagement 

Jena Schmid, Main Library Services 

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NPLF Leadership 

Nashville Public Library Foundation Board of Directors 

2014-2015 

Juli Mosley, Chair 

Tari Hughes, President 

Jean Ann Banker 

Mary Bettis 

Todd Bottorff 

Richard Bovender 

Mayor Karl Dean 

Townes Duncan 

David Esquivel 

Beth Fortune 

Johnny Garrett 

Lucy Haynes 

Cathy Jackson 

Bill King 

Kristine LaLonde 

Mike Lovett 

Mark Magnuson 

Keith Meacham 

Rusty Miller 

Lee Molette 

Kent Oliver 

Larry Papel 

Margaret Ann Robinson 

Joyce Searcy 

Clint Smith 

Joe Steakley 

Beth Stein 

Denine Torr 

Laura Anne Turner 

Katy Varney 

Jerry Williams 

Brenda Wynn 

Advisory Commitee 

Beth Alexander 

Judy Liff Barker 

Phil Bredesen 

Bill Cochran 

Doug Cruickshanks 

Anne Davis 

Janetta Fleming 

Jim Gaittens 

Frank Gordon 

Kathy Harrell 

Barbara Haugen 

Lydia Howarth 

Gina Lodge 

Andy May 

Jennifer Paisley 

Ann Patchett 

Keith Simmons 

Beth Stein 

Byron Trauger 

David Tune 

Judy Turner 

Phyllis Vandewater 

Ridley Wills II 

Alan Yuspeh 

Nashville Public Library Foundation Staff 

Tari Hughes, President 

Mackenzie Grosser, Marketing and Communications Manager 

Rene Hill, Donor Database Manager 

Carra Jacox, Stewardship and Events Associate 

Katie Johantges, Administrative Assistant 

Claudia Schenck, Director of Operations 

Elizabeth Sherrard, Director of Major Gifts 

Amanda Tate, Director of Corporate and Community Fundraising 


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