Due to maintenance, the Barton Branch will be closed on Wednesday, January, 7. Please visit Central Library or Kenilworth Branch for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours
Barton Branch Closure - January 7
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - 11:45am
Photocopying and Scanning Unavailable at Westdale Branch
Photocopying and Scanning is not working at Westdale Branch. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - 3:30pm
Printing Updates
Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies.
Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Service - Holiday Schedule
Bookmobile is off the road from December 25-27, December 31, and January 1st. Visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for our Holiday Schedule.
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Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 9:00am
Central Library, Fourth Floor Closure: Friday, January 2
Due to the setup for the Noon Hour Concert, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed on Friday, January 2. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 have spaces to work and study.
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Published:
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 5:00pm
All Branches Closed for Christmas
All branches close on Thursday, December 25, for Christmas. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed Sunday December 28
All branches close on Sunday, December 28, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for New Years Day
All branches close on Thursday January 1 for New Years Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Boxing Day
All branches close on Friday, December 26, 2025 for Boxing Day . This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 24, Christmas Eve - Early Closure
All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 24 at 1pm. Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for our Holiday Schedule.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 31, New Year's Eve - Early Closure
All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 31 at 1pm. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
Study Halls - Holiday Break
Branch Study Halls are paused Friday, December 19, 2025 through Monday, January 5, 2026. Central Library Study Hall hours resume Spring 2026.
www.hpl.ca/study-halls
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 9:15am
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
McCullough Collection
Box #4
January 7, 1939 - December 28, 1940
January 7, 1939 Peeps Into the Past. Forty-Nine and Following Years(#62)
January 14, 1939 " Fruit, Finance and Fighting (#63)
January 21, 1939 Roman Imperialism (#1)
January 28, 1939 " (#2)
February 4, 1939 Peeps Into the Past. War Clouds of the Sixties (#64)
February 11, 1939 Debtors of Other Days
February 18, 1939 Peeps Into the Past (#65)
February 25, 1939 " The Ambassador Enquires (#66)
March 4, 1939 Shy Man of Science (#1)
March 11, 1939 " (#2)
March 19, 1939 Peeps Into the Past. Several Celebrities (#67)
March 25, 1939 " The Pioneers (#68)
April 1, 1939 " Tom Talbot (#69)
April 8, 1939 " XIII Battalion Received Colours, 1863 (#70)
April 15, 1939 " Taxes, Tobacco and Temperance (#71)
April 22, 1939 " Afternoon of April 22, 1845 (#72)
April 29, 1939 The Band Refugees
May 6, 1939 Nathaniel Pettit, U.E. (#1)
May 13, 1939 " (#2)
May 20, 1939 The Van Everys of Flamboro
May 27, 1939 The Old Mill and Its Builders
June 3, 1939 An Armentieres Adventure
June 10, 1939 Peeps Into the Past. Some Seventy Years Ago. (#73)
June 17, 1939 Billy Green the Scout
June 24, 1939 An Editor's Diary
June 30, 1939 The Dream of Dominion Day
July 8, 1939 An Editor's Diary (#2)
July 15, 1939 " (#3)
July 22, 1939 The Stage (#1)
July 29, 1939 " (#2)
August 5, 1939 " (#3)
August 12, 1939 Looking Backward
August 19, 1939 Indian Tales. Thayendanegea (#1)
August 26, 1939 " (#2)
September 9, 1939 Old Time Letters. Peter Jones Correspondence (#1)
September 16, 1939 " (#2)
September 23, 1939 " (#3)
September 30, 1939 " (#4)
October 7, 1939 " (#5)
October 14, 1939 " (#6)
November 4, 1939 Golf and Golfers (#1)
November 11, 1939 " (#2)
November 18, 1939 " (#3)
November 25, 1939 Jean Baptists Rousseau (X) (#1)
December 1, 1939 " (#2)
December 9, 1939 " (#3)
December 16, 1939 The Hungry Year
December 30, 1939 Loyalists of Long Ago (#1)
January 5, 1940 " (#2)
January 13, 1940 From Colonel Gourlay's Files (#1)
January 20, 1940 " (#2)
January 27, 1940 " (#3)
February 3, 1940 Wanted: An Historical Society (#1)
February 10, 1940 " (#2)
February 17, 1940 Hamilton's Part in Telephonic History (#1)
February 24, 1940 " (#2)
March 2, 1940 The Old Bands
March 9, 1940 Hamilton Town in 1833 (#1)
March 16, 1940 " (#2)
March 23, 1940 " Town and Town Fathers (#3)
March 30, 1940 " Hamilton Happenings in 1835
April 6, 1940 Humanity Martin
April 13, 1940 A Hamilton Explorer
April 20, 1940 Daily Spectator and Journal of Commerce
April 27, 1940 Victor of the Marathon
May 4, 1940 Town Annals of 1836
May 11, 1940 Some Old Stone Houses (#1)
May 25, 1940 More Stone Houses (#2)
June 1, 1940 Hospitalization in Hamilton
June 8, 1940 "A Lady With a Lamp"
June 15, 1940 Historic Burlington Heights
June 29, 1940 An Ancient Mariner (#1)
July 6, 1940 " (#2)
July 13, 1940 Home of Hamilton's First Senator
July 20, 1940 More Old Stone Houses
July 27, 1940 Back in the Fifties
August 3, 1940 Admiral Saunders
August 10, 1940 Some "Might Have Beens"
August 17, 1940 A Royal Visitor
August 24, 1940 Tales of Courage
August 31, 1940 Tales for the Times (#1)
September 7, 1940 " (#2)
September 14, 1940 " (#3)
September 21, 1940 " (#4)
September 28, 1940 " (#5)
October 5, 1940 " (#6)
October 12, 1940 " (#7)
October 19, 1940 " (#8)
October 26, 1940 " (#9)
November 2, 1940 " (#10)
November 9, 1940 Story of an Old Cartoon (77th Wentworth Regiment)
November 16, 1940 Valiant Hearts
November 23, 1940 Looking Backward and Forward
November 30, 1940 Gallant Gentlemen and Others
December 7, 1940 An Anniversary
December 14, 1940 Leaders and Misleaders
December 21, 1940 "Mansion House of Liberty"
December 28, 1940 Chivalry and Chicanery
