
Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy was appointed to the Nashville Public Library Foundation in September as a representative from the Nashville Public Library Board of Directors. The foundation raises funding from private sources to enhance the Nashville Public Library and has garnered more than $20 million to provide free educational programs, visual arts exhibits, building revitalization and collection enhancements for the Metro Library.In 2012, Mayor Karl Dean appointed Searcy to a five-year term on the Nashville Public Library Board. The Public Library Board creates rules governing the use of Nashville libraries by the public.