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 October 31. Learn more.

Public computers are available at all locations except Central Library's 2nd and 3rd Floors.
Printing is available at all branches. Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Terryberry, Concession, and Dundas 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.

Frequently Asked Questions | HPL

Publish Date:

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Central Library - Children's Washroom and Nursing Room Out of Order

Due to maintenance, the 1st Floor Children's Washroom and Nursing Room are out of order today and tomorrow, Friday, November 1st. Washrooms are accessible on Floors 2-4. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Affected Branch:

Central Library

Publish Date:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 3:00pm

Sherwood Branch - Elevator Out of Service

The elevator is currently out of order. Estimated time of disruption is unknown. Thank you for your patience.

Affected Branch:

Sherwood Branch

Publish Date:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 3:00pm

Sherwood Branch Elevator is Out of Service

The Sherwood Library Elevator for our program area is currently out of service. We are working with facilities staff to restore service as soon as possible.

Affected Branch:

Sherwood Branch

Nearest Branches:

Concession Branch

Kenilworth Branch

Publish Date:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 2:15pm

Suggest for Purchase

HPL welcomes suggestions for purchase.

Physical books, graphic novels, movies, music and book club kits.

Please follow these guidelines:

If you are a local author, use the Spotlight on Local form
Please check the Library Catalogue to ensure we don’t already have the title.
Please submit a separate form for each title suggested.
Suggested titles must be available for purchase in Canada.
Each suggested title will be considered by our Collections Librarians
Please request titles published more than two years ago through interlibrary loan.
Bear in mind that not-yet-released popular books, movies and music are likely on our order list.
If the suggested title is out-of-print or falls outside of HPL’s Collection Policy and is not purchased, please request through interlibrary loan.
Use OverDrive’s Recommendation feature for eBook and eAudio purchase suggestions.
Also check our partner libraries using the link at the top of HPL's OverDrive service.

Due to the volume of submissions, Collections staff are unable to meet with authors individually, or confirm purchase decisions. If purchased,- the items will appear in our catalogue.

Have you checked the library's catalogue for this item? *

Yes

Name *

Last Name, First Name

E-Mail

Library Card Barcode *

Title *

Author/Director/Performer

ISBN / UPC

Is this book or film part of a series? *

Yes

No

Publication or Release Date

Intended Audience

Please select an audience that this title should belong to.

Audience *

Adult

Teen

Child

Additional Information

(When and where did you hear about this title? Why should the library acquire this item?)

_{Personal information contained on this form is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1990. MFIPPA\Regulations 29. The information collected will be used in the process of the library’s business. Questions regarding the collection and use of personal information can be directed to: Chief Librarian, Hamilton Public Library, P.O. Box 2700, Hamilton, ON L8N 4E4.}

Note: Please only click on Submit once, multiple presses will cause the form to be sent multiple times.