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Reports that members of the Longmont Citizens for Justice and Democracy in Colorado organized a 'subversive book checkout' at the Longmont Public Library in a protest against the USA PATRIOT Act. Details of the Act, which gives the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation powers to investigate library patrons' reading and web surfing records; 'Subversive books' that the protestors took out, including a guidebook to nuclear reactors; Number of people who participated in the march; Actions of library staff at the Santa Cruz Public Library in California in response to the Patriot Act.

The article reports on the second-generation library robots known as BiBlis which will be added to the Longmont Public Library in Longmont, Colorado in 2016, adding that they were designed by students at the school district's Innovation Center in partnership with startup ROBAUTO to help children with autism relate to other people.

The article reports on the plans of Colorado city officials to delete the requirement that all meetings at the Longmont Public Library be open to the public. The change follows a February 13, 2007 meeting at the library of the Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition, which had asked nonmembers to confirm attendance since space was limited. The Boulder County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sent the city a letter asking for clarification of the library's policy.

Reports that plans to expand the Longmont, Colorado Public Library will be underway after the discovery that an 1872 deed would prevent construction of a second facility in a city park. Selection of three plans; Specifics of the 1872 deed for Roosevelt Park; Plan to expand the facility to 50,000 square feet.