City-Wide Outage, Library Service Impacted

HPL is recovering from the City of Hamilton's cybersecurity-related outage, which began Sunday February 25 and continues today, Thursday November 7. Learn more.

Public computers are available at all branches.
Printing is available at all branches. Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Central, Concession, Dundas, Terryberry, and Red Hill branches. Scanning is not yet available.
Website log-in is available, access is restored to the catalogue, the HPL App is online, online eResources are available and Holds can be placed.
Public Wi-Fi is available at most branches except the Ancaster Branch.
Automatic check-ins are operating.
Makerspace services are available at select locations.

Contact Library Staff: call 289-779-7588, chat at hpl.ca, and email askus@hpl.ca. Branches are open. Check hpl.ca/events for program updates. Thank you for your patience.

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Publish Date:

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Central Library – Potential Wi-Fi Service Interruption

City of Hamilton is conducting network maintenance that may result in Wi-Fi service interruption between 10 pm and 12 am (during Study Hall hours) on Thursday November 7.

Affected Branch:

Central Library

Publish Date:

Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm

Kenilworth Branch - Roof Repairs

From November 11 to 29, the parking lot may not be available at certain times of the day due to repair maintenance. There may also be some noise disruptions in the branch. Thank you for your understanding.

Affected Branch:

Kenilworth Branch

Publish Date:

Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 3:00pm

Mount Hope - Delayed Opening

Due to Staff training, the Mount Hope Branch will have a delayed opening of 2 pm on Wednesday, November 20. Please visit the Turner Park Branch as the next nearest location for your library needs.

Affected Branch:

Mount Hope Branch

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 8:00am

Delayed Opening - Ancaster Branch

Due to Staff training, the Ancaster Branch will have a delayed opening of 10 am on Wednesday, November 20. Please visit the Dundas or Terryberry Branch as the next nearest locations for your library needs.

Affected Branch:

Ancaster Branch

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 8:00am

Ending support for OverDrive's desktop apps and website MP3 downloads

On November 13, 2024, the MP3 audiobook format will be retired from HPL's OverDrive website and support for OverDrive's desktop apps for Windows and Mac (which only work with MP3 audiobooks) will not be available.

After this change, you can listen to audiobooks using the following options:

In Libby (available for Android, iOS, or Amazon Fire devices or at libbyapp.com in a web browser)
On HPL's OverDrive website using the Listen now in browser option
In the OverDrive app (only available in select countries)

Publish Date:

Monday, November 4, 2024 - 9:15am

Mayors of Hamilton and Dundas

Mayor Henry McKinstry (ca1805-1871). Mayor 1859-1861

Hamilton

1847: Colin Campbell Ferrie (1808-1856)

1848: George Sylvester Tiffany (1805-1586)

1849: William L. Distin (1789-1879)

1850: John Fisher (1806-1882)

1851: John Rose Holden (1821-1879)

1852: Nehemiah Ford (circa 1808-1860)

1853: William G. Kerr (circa 1816-1861)

1854: James Cummings (1815-1894)

1854-1855: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1856: James Cummings (1815-1894)

1857: John Francis Moore (1816-1870)

1858: George Hamilton Mills (1827-1901)

1859-1861: Henry McKinstry (1805-1871)

1862-1864: Robert McElroy (1810-1881)

1865-1866: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1867: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)

1868: Hutchison Clark (1806-1877)

1869: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)

1870: George Murison (1820-1889)

1871-1872: Daniel Black Chisholm (1832-1899)

1873-1874: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)

1875-1876: George Roach (1818-1904)

1877-1878: Francis Edwin Kilvert (1838-1910)

1879-1881: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)

1882-1883: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1884-1885: John James Mason (1842-1903)

1886-1887: Alexander McKay (1843-1912)

1888-1889: William Doran (1834-1903)

1890-1891: David McLellan (1841-1892)

1892-1893: Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835-1900)

1894-1895: Alexander David Stewart (1852-1899)

1896: George Elias Tuckett (1835-1900)

1897-1898: Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844-1904)

1899-1900: James Vernall Teetzel (1853-1926)

1901-1902: John Strathearn Hendrie (1857-1923)

1903-1904: Wellington Jeffers Morden (1837-1928)

1905-1906: Sanford Dennis Biggar (1861-1920)

1907-1908: Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848-1926)

1909-1910: John Inglis McLaren (1865-1948)

1911-1912: George Harmon Lees (1860-1936)

1913-1914: John Allan (1856-1922)

1915-1916: Chester Samuel Walters (1878-1958)

1917-1920: Charles Goodenough Booker (1859-1926)

1921-1922: George Charles Coppley (1858-1936)

1923-1925: Thomas William Jutten (1861-1955)

1926-1927: Freeman Ferrier Treleaven Q.C. (1884-1952)

1928-1929: William Burton (1888-1944)

1930-1933: John Peebles (1827-1948)

1934-1935: Herbert Earl Wilton (1869-1937)

1936-1943: William Robert Morrison, K.C. (1878-1947)

1944-1949: Samuel Lawrence (1879-1959)

1950-1962: Lloyd Douglas Jackson (1888-1973)

1963-1976: Victor Kennedy Copps (1919-1988)

1977-1980: John Alexander MacDonald (1927-)

1981-1982: William Powell (1907-1992)

1983-2000: Robert Maxwell Morrow (1946-)

2001-2003: Robert E. Wade (1933-)

2004-2006: Larry Di Ianni (1948-)

2006-2010: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)

2010-2014: Robert Bratina (1943-)

2014-Present: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)

Mayor John Don (1888-1981), Mayor 1950-1953

Dundas

1848: John Paterson (1805-1856)

1849: James Belle Ewart (1801-1853)

1850-1852: James Coleman (1811-1881)

1853-1854: Robert Holt (1801-1876)

1855: George Munns Barton (1829-1892)

1856-1857: John Quarry (ca 1810-1877)

1858: Alexis Fidèle Begue (1805-1872)

1859-1861: Thomas Howard McKenzie (1811-1896)

1862-1865: John Mair Thornton (ca 1823- )

1866: Dr. James McMahon (1830-1909)

1867-1871: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)

1872-1873: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1874: James Somerville (1834-1916)

1875: Alexander Stronach Wink (ca 1843-1899)

1876-1878: Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)

1879-1883: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)

1884; Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1885; Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)

1886-1887: Herbert Charles Gwyn (1846-1926)

1888-1889: Henry Bickford (1842-1889)

1889-1890: John Bertram (1829-1906)

1891-1892: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)

1893: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1894-1895: Col. William Edward Sheridan Knowles (1862-1931)

1896-1897: Thomas Atkins Wardell (1865-1902)

1898: Henry Bertram (1856-1945)

1899-1900: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)

1901-1902: Charles (Chub) Collins (ca 1857-1914)

1903-1904: William Lawson (1854-1948)

1905-1906: John Wolfenden Dickson (1865- )

1907-1908: William Henry Moss (1859-1941)

1909-1910: John Wilkie Lawrason (1871-1940)

1911: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)

1912-1913: Edwin Alfred Woodhouse (1845-1924)

1914-1915: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)

1916-1917: Charles Edgar Dickson (1878-1939)

1918: Herbert C. Davis (1871-1952)

1919: Samuel Joseph Lennard (1857-1921)

1920-1921: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)

1922-1923: Alfred Broad (1884-1953)

1924-1927: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)

1928-1929: John Edward Robinson (1893-1968)

1930: Dr. W. E. Inksetter (1865-1947)

1931-1935: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)

1936-1939: Robert P. Manning (1881-1951)

1940-1941: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)

1942-1944: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)

1945-1946: David P. (Bud) Cliff (ca 1902-1996)

1947-1949: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)

1950-1953: John C. Don (1888-1981)

1954-1957: George Earl Kemp (1893-1965)

1958-1961: John Alexander Warren (ca 1914-2003)

1962-1965: Albert S. Edwards (1906-1965)

1965-1967: Leslie Brown Couldrey (1889-1996)

1968-1976: Hugh Munson Everett (1917-1999)

1977-1985: Joseph T. Bennett (ca 1925- )

1985-1988: Mary Ann Seldon (ca 1942- )

1988-2000: John Addison (ca 1943- )