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, Friday November 22. Learn more.

Public computers are available at all branches.
Printing is available at all branches. Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Concession, Dundas, and Terryberry branches. Scanning is not yet available.
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, November 12, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Magazine and ILLO Delay

Magazine and ILLO deliveries are delayed due to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) strike. Thank you for your understanding.

Publish Date:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 8:30am

City IT Planned Maintenance

A City IT systems update is scheduled for early Saturday morning. This will impact access to HPL's network and some applications. This update will improve overall network capacity, performance, resiliency, reliability and is the foundation for future network updates. Thank you for your patience.

Publish Date:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 8:00am

3D Printing Not Available On Sundays

Please note that 3D printing services are unavailable on Sundays. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Publish Date:

Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 2:00pm

Early Closure - All HPL Branches, Friday, November 22

Due to a special event, all HPL branches will close at 4 pm on Friday, November 22.

Central Library's 4th Floor will be closed all day except for the Newcomer Learning Centre and Makerspace which will be open until 4 pm.

Regular service hours resume on Saturday, November 23.

Thank you for your understanding.

Affected Branch:

Central Library

Publish Date:

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 2:00pm

Bookmobile Service

The Bookmobile is HPL's branch on wheels. It makes stops throughout the city to ensure everyone can enjoy library materials and services.

For more information read the FAQ. If you have further questions, please call 905-546-3200, email askus@hpl.ca or chat at hpl.ca.

Bookmobile stops for the week of Monday November 18 - Sunday November 24

Monday Stops

Mohawk College

135 Fennell Avenue West

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Riverdale

150 Violet Dr

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Stinson

200 Stinson St.

5:30pm to 6:30pm

Tuesday Stops

Main West

1900 Main St. W.

11:00am to 12:00pm
Gemini

20 Gemini Dr.

1:00pm to 1:30pm
McMaster

1280 Main St. W.

2:30pm to 4:00pm
Greencedar

295 Greencedar Dr.

4:00pm to 5:00pm
Mountview

59 Karen Cres.

5:30pm to 6:30pm

Wednesday Stops

Helen Detwiler

320 Brigade Dr.

11:00am to 12:00pm
St Elizabeth's Village

393 Rymal Rd W, Hamilton

2:00pm to 2:30pm
Winona

1328 Barton St.

3:00pm to 4:00pm
Rosedale

25 Erindale Ave.

5:30pm to 6:30pm

Thursday Stops

Swansea

801 Upper Gage Ave.

10:30am to 11:00am
Lawfield

45 Berko Ave.

11:30am to 12:00pm
Garth Trails

45 Abbotsford Trail

1:00pm to 1:30pm
Meadowlands

160 Meadowlands Blvd.

3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bennetto

450 Hughson St. N.

4:00pm to 5:30pm
Kinsmen Park

387 Beach Blvd.

6:00pm to 6:30pm

Friday Stops

Six Nations

1679 Chiefswood Rd.

10:30am to 12:00pm
Strathcona Apartment

120 Strathcona Ave. N.

10:30am to 11:00am
Bernie Morelli

876 Cannon St. E.

11:30am to 12:00pm
Maplewood

71 Maplewood Ave.

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Saturday Stops

Stoney Creek Arena

37 King St. W.

10:30am to 11:00am
Gage Park

1000 Main St. E.

11:30am to 12:00pm
Rockton

795 Old Hwy 8

2:30pm to 3:00pm
Millgrove

375 Concession 5 W

3:30pm to 4:00pm