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Nashville Public Library Foundation is a non-profit founded in 1997 to raise funds for the Nashville Public Library. Depending on private donors, the Nashville Public Library Foundation offers funds for various programs, services, and building improvements in the library system. These include
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The Negro Branch of the
Carnegie Library (later the Negro Branch of the Nashville Public Library) opened in 1916. At the time, about a third of the city's population was African-American. It was one of the few libraries in the South that rendered library services to African-Americans. The library
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Davidson County. Their extensive routes reached many residents, including those living in rural areas. The first bookmobile was formed by the Library State Project in 1941. In 1947, the Nashville Public Library created its bookmobile known as "library-on-wheels". It made weekly
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for the creation of two new library branches: one for white residents and the other for
African-Americans. At the time, Nashville's library only allowed African-Americans to check out books from bookmobiles. Carnegie had previously donated $ 20,000 to construct the first library at
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Friends of the
Nashville Public Library is a non-profit that offers memberships and supports the library through book sales. The Friends of the Nashville Public Library offer support for the summer reading program as well other programs and collection development.
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Building was completed on Polk Avenue. Andrew
Carnegie enabled the building and opening of an additional three branches between 1912 and 1919. Two buildings are still in use today, the North Branch and the East Branch.
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A succession of public libraries, known by a variety of names, served the people of
Nashville. The early libraries were generally small, offered a narrow range of services, and operated on a fee schedule. In 1897, the
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authorized cities of a certain size to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms. With this authority, in 1901 the Howard
Library became Nashville’s first free circulating library. Also in 1901,
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The library offers digital collections, e-book and audiobook downloads, language learning services, and computer classes. There are a variety of book clubs hosted throughout the library system.
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The Main
Library's Special Collections Division contains several archival and oral history collections highlighting Nashville history. Among them, the Civil Rights Room, documenting the
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Library opened in 1952 and was built to serve the African-American community. It continues to serve a predominantly African-American population today.
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to offer the students access to the public library materials. Called "Limitless Libraries," this program offers access to approximately 1.5 million information resources.
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The Nashville Public Library features a variety of public programming. The library offers puppet shows in the Main Library as well as throughout the Nashville community.
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On December 2, 2015, The Nashville Public Library unveiled the new Kidman-Urban Puppet Stage in the children's section of the library, made possible by a donation from
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funding of the Bringing Books to Life pre-school literacy program, the Special Collections' Civil Rights Room, and $ 5 million in collection development funds.
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