All HPL Branches - Moment of Silence

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women is Saturday, December 6. HPL remembers and honours the lives of the fourteen women killed at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in 1989. All HPL branches will observe a moment of silence at 3 pm.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops

Published:

Friday, December 5, 2025 - 5:30pm

Sherwood Branch Accessible Door Out of Order

The accessibility door at Sherwood Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.

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Affected Branch: Sherwood Branch

Nearest Branches:

Barton Branch

Concession Branch

Kenilworth Branch

Published:

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 5:00pm

Network Maintenance - December 5

Due to network maintenance, HPL's Catalogue and Library accounts, online resources, and Guest WiFi will be unavailable on Friday, December 5, starting at 6pm until 5am. Thank you for your patience.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops

Published:

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 1:30pm

Saltfleet Branch: Parking Lot Disruption

Due to the Saltfleet Santa Claus Parade route, Saltfleet Branch's parking lot will be unavailable from 9am-3pm on Saturday, December 6. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Affected Branch: Saltfleet Branch

Nearest Branches:

Parkdale Branch

Red Hill Branch

Stoney Creek Branch

Published:

Monday, November 24, 2025 - 9:00am

Bookmobile Service Modification

Please note the Bookmobile will be attending the following community events.

Saturday, December 6:

Stoney Creek Santa Claus Parade 2-4pm
Millgrove Visit is cancelled.

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Affected Branch: Bookmobile

Nearest Branches:

Bookmobile

Published:

Friday, November 14, 2025 - 1:00pm

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

Superior Engravers Collection

Cornthwaites Drug Store, 1930

This collection of approximately 10,000 industrial shots was given to Local History & Archives [then Special Collections] by Superior Engravers. There are shots of various businesses and industrial concerns in Hamilton from the 1930's to the 1970's.

This collection is particularly strong in covering Hamilton’s commercial and industrial sectors during and in the years immediately after World War II. Approximately 1,000 of these negatives were found to be on nitrate film. These were printed and added to the mounted picture collection.

Finding Aid: There is an in-house finding aid to this collection.