Bookmobile stops are cancelled for today due to staffing shortage. Apologies for this inconvenience.
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
Published:
Saturday, August 29, 2026 - 9:00am
Print on the Go Currently Unavailable
The Print on the Go service is not working at all Branches. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.
Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Network Maintenance, Sunday, August 30
From 5am to 11am, HPL's catalogue, library accounts and online resources will not be available due to technical network maintenance. We thank you in advance for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Concession Branch - Temporarily Reopening
Starting Thursday, August 27, the Branch has reopened to its regular hours with limited services for a few weeks while construction is paused. The interior construction of a new Makerspace will resume in mid-September. Stay tuned for more updates.
Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Delayed Openings and Closures
Due to Staff training, the following service modifications are planned.
- Turner Park: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-1 pm Closure
- Red Hill: Friday, September 18, Delayed Opening of 10 am
- Central Library: Tuesday, September 29, Delayed Opening of 10 am
Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for open alternate locations.
Published:
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications
Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for September:
Mon, Sept 7: Library Closed - All Stops Cancelled
Tues, Sept 8:
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Strathcona Cancelled
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McMaster Cancelled
Thurs, Sept 10:
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Rockton moved to Saturday
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Millgrove moved to Saturday
Sat, Sept 12:
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Stoney Creek Cancelled
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Riverdale Cancelled
Published:
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 9:30am
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 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
