Library Cards
How to get a Library card
To get you Library card, bring a photo ID and something with your current address on it to the Library and someone will help you complete the process. It’s quick and easy! If your driver’s license is up to date, that is all you need. Library cards are free.
- Library cards are issued at the Library’s Information Desk or Circulation Desk in the lobby.
- Your first Library card is free; replacement cards cost $2.
- Library cards from other local libraries in our consortium group (i.e. Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, Louisville, and Loveland) may be used to check out or access most items and services offered at the Longmont Library. Exceptions include items from the Library of Things, Experience Bags, State Park Pass Backpacks, and some online information services.
If you can’t come in the Library to get your physical, permanent card and would like access to newspapers, Libby, language services, and more go here.
Temporary online-only Library card
If you don’t already have a library account and would like to get a library card, you can register online for a online library card. Here’s what you need to know:
- You must be 16 years or older to sign up for a library card yourself; parents may register children younger than 16.
- A digital card will give you access to digital services for eBooks, eMagazines, language services, research services, and entertainment, including the New York Times, Libby/Overdrive, RB Digital, Consumer Reports, and Pronunciator.
- A digital card cannot be used to reserve Discovery Passes.
- The Online Library Card is an introduction to our online resources and will only be valid for 90 days.
- If you already have a library card, you do NOT need a online library card.
- Click here to get your temporary, online-use only Library card
Computer Use-Only Library Card
If you are a teacher and would like library cards for your students, please phone the Children and Teen Services Desk at 303-651-8477 for information.
- No photo ID and no proof of address presented.
- Permits use of the Computer Lab but no borrowing of materials.
- Can be converted to a regular account once proper documentation is shown.
Library Cards for Children
If you are younger than the age of 16, please bring your parent with you. Your parent will need a photo ID and proof of current address. Also, parents requesting library cards for their children must have their children with them.
