Resources

The following documents and media were sources for this case study found in the Nashville Room of the Main Library pictured at left:

 

Speeches by Mayor Bredesen

• 1993 State of Metro Address (includes "look at the future with me" imaginary flight over Nashville)

• 1995 State of Metro Address (call for new downtown library and improved branch library system)

• 1995 Second Inaugural Address ("...let's build some libraries.")

• 1996 State of Metro Address (excerpt - personal interest in libraries)

• 1998 State of Metro Address (excerpt - plans for library and expansion becoming well-defined)

• 1999 State of Metro Address (his last - listing accomplishments of his administration, including library which was under construction)

 

Newspaper articles

• Bostick, A. (2000, August 13). The shapes of things to come: Frist Center, Country Music Hall of Fame, public library are going up quite nicely. The Tennessean, 1 & 8F.

• Goldsmith, T. (2000, May 26). Purcell plan funds new libraries. The Tennessean. 1-2A.

• Paine, A. & Bottorff, C. (2001, June 10). Thousands attend lavish grand opening of facility hailed as mecca for learning. The Tennessean, 1A & 17A.

• Sprayberry, N. (2000, September 27). Grants help pay for new library. The Tennessean, 7B.

• Turner, J. (2001, April 5). New Main Library 90 percent complete: Public treated to sneak peak of new facility. The News, 2A.

• White, N. (2001, April 4). Metro's new library will offer more than books. The Urban Journal, 2.

 

Other resources:

• 2003 Library Volunteer Docent Orientation Tour Guide

• 2010 National Medal Nomination Institute of Museum and Library Services

• An Electravision Production with the NPL Foundation. (2004). A century of service:  NPL. (DVD). Available at the Main Library.

• Call to action:  Your library needs you. (flyer from the Friends of the Public Library of Nashville & Davidson County)

• Mayor tours site of new Main Library (from Footnotes, a newsletter from Nashville Public Library & Friends).

• New Main Library:  Get ready, Nashville! (NPL flyer)

• Photographs: many are by Peter Aaron / Esto found here. Others came from websites associated with the individuals involved.

• Private funding of capital projects by Donna D. Nicely in The Bottom Line:  Managing Library Finances, Vol. 15, #4. 2002, pp. 163-166.

 

Roundtable Discussion:

45 minutes of memories about the vision, creation and elements of the Nashville Public Library and Nashville Public Library Foundation. Featured are Margaret Ann Robinson, Keith Simmons and Donna Nicely with Kathleen Fuchs as moderator. This was filmed May 12, 2014 in the Mullican Studio at Lipscomb University.