Nashville Public Library Thompson Lane Branch — Attraction in Nashville-Davidson

I think the Thompson Lane Librarians do a fantastic job with limited resources serving a growing and diverse community. Why does Green Hills have such a lovely large library and Thompson lane such a tiny one? I"m sure it's a complex equation, but nonetheless, this little library is a jewel in our community. Many teens need a place to go after school and sadly librarians have to spend part of their time educating students on library etiquette, helping the under served learn how to use computers and offering entertainment, hope and education in a place that needs and deserves a much larger and better funded facility. I've ordered many books through the Nashville Library's excellent online system that have arrived at Thompson Lane, enjoyed the Tennessean and other periodicals there and witnessed the librarians doing their best to assist a diverse and and at times, challenging population. Kudos to the Thompson Lane Library Staff, who along with the nearby Coleman Center are...

2/20/25- My girl and I went in to use the computer here. We had no library card. It was easy to do by receiving a guest code and password to use on the computer. The librarian directed us to the computers and told us what we needed to do. Then we wanted to make a print of what we needed. The other librarian helped us through the whole process. And we paid cash in the machine next to us and the printer. Was only $1.40 for 14 pages we printed. It also takes credit and debit cards. The librarians are very nice and...

I actually didn’t know this branch was open, I thought it was shut down, but I tried to reserve a book and this location was an option for pick-up!! Which I’m so excited about because I think this is so great to have a library branch in this neighborhood. I went in to pick up my book and the staff was very friendly and helped me find another book. It was clean inside, air conditioning was great, it’s just not a large branch and I would love to see the...