Longmont Public Library

Longmont, United States

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10 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 303-651-8470
Website:
www.longmontcolorado.gov
Address:
409 4th Ave, Longmont, CO, 80501
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Today

Today 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Longmont) 19:41 Thursday, 5 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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The Longmont Public Library is a municipal library serving the residents of Longmont, Colorado. In addition to books on the shelf, the library offers eBooks, digital downloadable magazines, online courses and streaming or downloading movies. The library is part of the Prospector interlibrary loan consortium that allows Longmont residents to borrow items from over 40 libraries in Colorado. The library offers story times, teen programs, book discussion groups and lectures/​author talks for adults. Visit our website for more details and to see all the other things we have to offer.

History

Established in 1907.

1871: Elizabeth Thompson of NYC, builds Longmont’s first library called Library Hall.

1888: The Women’s Christian Temperance Union opens its first public reading room, to provide a place for those adverse to frequenting the town’s saloons, and to give farmer’s wives a place to rest while in town to trade.

1907: The library, still located in the WTCU reading room, becomes part of the City of Longmont on March 12, 1907.

1912 – 13: The city receives funds from Andrew Carnegie to build a free public library. The town is required to provide a site and contribute annual funds to its operations. The building is built in 1912 and opens January 1913.

1972: By the 1960’s, the Carnegie building becomes crowded a new library building is built as part of a civic building project called «Project 75».

1992 – 93: Today’s light, bright, 50,000 square foot building is built. The new library is dedicated on July 19, 1993.

2007: Longmont Library celebrates 100 years of service to the community.

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10 reviews of Longmont Public Library

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Place rating: 4
Broomfield, CO
The Longmont library is a big city library with a small town feel, its upper level is quiet enough to offer quality, uninterrupted study or reading time, while the main level is a buzz with the check out counter and the internet computer lab. Large spacious study rooms on the upper floor allow you to study without feeling cramped plus rocking chairs in the reading area allow you to get lost in your favorite book. If you like to read or need a quiet place to study or do homework, this place is for you.
Place rating: 5
Longmont, CO
We are lucky to have such a great library.
Place rating: 4
Cherry Hill, NJ
This library has excellent staff that are always available to help you with whatever you need. I like coming here for a quiet place to read or study. The building is clean, and there are lots of places for you to sit. Some are near the window and have a really great view.
The wireless internet is fast and steady, you can stream easily. Sometimes large buildings like this don’t have such secure internet so it’s nice. They have a wide variety of books and are able to get you what you need through inter library loan. The library hosts some fun events, and the table in the front allows you to donate and pick up free magazines.
Great community library that offers great services to the public.
Place rating: 4
Cerritos, CA
Reading Rainbow
The Longmont Library offers many exciting programs for members of the community. They hold weekly story times for newborns all the way up to school aged kids. Their calendar is also filled with many fun activities you can either show up to or preregister for. For example, my children enjoyed a special treat this past Halloween. They offered about 15 minutes of spooky stories and had the entire room full of kids dressed in their costume circle the civic center to grab some candy from a few different departments. Very cool especially since they offered it on the 30th & 31st with a few times throughout the day as well. Talk about accommodating! I also wanted to join in on the ginger bread house activity they had in December but didn’t have a chance to register my kids in time. If you live in Longmont then I suggest stopping by their website to checkout their calendar and all the other nifty resources they have online. Who knows, they might have something worth your while!
Place rating: 4
Murfreesboro, TN
Husband and I tend to go here almost every Saturday.
Pros:
Self Checkout
Quiet
Book Sales! Even found a hardback «Geek Love» here!
Automated reminders for books on hold. (phone calls or email)
Online classes
Decent array of magazines –one week checkout
DVD rentals — one week checkout
Music CDs– one week checkout
Magazine check out– Lift the shelf where the magazine is and look underneath. You can check those out!
Cons:
Parking blows. Pick the front, one side, and back (one small lot and some street parking) of the building.
The city took away the underground parking!
Returned two books on sparate occasions, only to be told they were overdue. Then found them on the shelf!
Depends on your perspective: Change machine gives you $ 1 coins. I personally don’t mind ‘em.
Homelessness doesn’t seem to be a problem that I have noticed. Let a person read — jeez…
Place rating: 4
Longmont, CO
I can only review the childrens section because I haven’t had the chance to visit any other part. Working model train and wooden trine set, felt dollies, puzzles, computer games, evening story times, a plethora of kids picture books that are child accessible, helpful librarian, and read to a dog programs for kids once a month. that is a library for kids. And you don’t have to be a res of Longmont just a res in Colorado. It is walking distance to a coffee shop off the main drags you don’t have to go in and out of the car as usual. It is a little bit of a drive to get there but I sense that is the way it is if you are in the burbs of Longmont and boulder.
Place rating: 3
Brussels, Belgium
Thieves, thieves, & more thieves. My 2 year old daughter had her sunglasses taken from her here, she was sitting next to me. Too many homeless people who are sketchy, and are just hanging out here lately. I guess because it is warm in the Library. I just don’t get why they would take glasses from a two year old, kind of a limited market to sell to, & it’s not like it would fit them.
Place rating: 4
Longmont, CO
I love this place.
First of all, the inventory is accurate. I gave up going to the Boulder library because every time I searched the stacks for a book the system said was not checked out, I couldn’t find it.
They have a pretty decent set of books, and the reference and interlibrary loan librarians are wonderful – friendly, helpful, accomodating. They often purchase books I request through interlibrary loan, unless it is just too expensive, academic, or esoteric. They also really support local authors, and purchase their books for the stacks.
They have an extensive selection of books on CD as well as langauge learning CDs and the absolutely fabulous Great Courses through the Teaching Company.
They have an extensive selection of DVDs, including most of the major Brit coms and BBC dramas and series.
Now that they have the new self-​checkout, checkout is a breeze.
Finally, they take in donation all the books that the Used Book Emporium doesn’t want, so I always have a place to recycle the books I don’t want anymore.
Place rating: 5
Longmont, CO
This is a great library! Just a block of Main Street, the library is in a new building which is light and airy with many windows. Just a nice vibe. Librarians have always been helpful and friendly, when asked.
We get DVDs from the library on those rare days when we’ve returned all 3 of our Netflix DVDs at the same time (quel dommage!). They have a nice collection of classic, foreign and independent films, as well as loads of British miniseries and mysteries. Just a nice free resource that is often overlooked.
Place rating: 4
Cambridge, MA
Beware of thieves! First visit, bag stolen! Hasn’t been located yet. Sigh. Otherwise, it’s a nice building, wide selection of important books all around. Very friendly staff, computer room usage for 30 mins., etc. Apparently this new library was built two years ago. Support your local library! Park across the street for 2 hours max; on the street for 30 mins. max.