Nashville Public Library Foundation

Limitless libraries started in 2009 as a pilot project led by former mayor karl dean to provide metro nashville public (mnps) high schools with access to nashville public library books and materials. Today, limitless libraries (ll) ensures students and educators have access to the best educational resources and library connections. Ll provides 81,000+ students and 5,000+ educators with access to over 2.3 million items at npl through automatic account creation, digital resources, collection development, and outreach support. The access provided eliminates transportation barriers by delivering materials to schools and makes education and literacy equitable for all. In fiscal year 25, limitless libraries supported 81,397 students, and 5,021 educators and librarians across 159 schools between july 2024-june 2025and facilitated the circulation of 62,516materials. In addition to materials, limitless libraries provided classroom visits, professional development, and community event attendance. Limitless libraries is dedicated to enriching the lives of mnps students, librarians, and educators by providing accessibility through collection development, materials delivery, outreach, advocacy, and digital resources.

In fye25 nplf contributed nearly $30,000 towards the votes for women exhibit at the main library, which tells the pivotal and dramatic story of nashville's role in winning women the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment. Courtyard concerts entertained attendees with free music by diverse local performers. The foundation also supports a diverse array of programming at each of the 21 branch locations including studio npl, a makerspace focused on steam initiatives, be well at npl that offers free fitness, nutrition and other health programs at the library, adult literacy initiatives, and naza's summer and afterschool learning that challenged over 3,500 young people with innovative out-of-school programming. Art exhibits, special collection staffing and civil rights programming programs for all ages throughout the system round out support from nplf to the library in fye25.