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 November 21. 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

Carlisle Branch

Open Hours:

Sun: Closed

Mon: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Tue: 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-10:00 am
Self-Serve: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm

Wed: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Thu: 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-10:00 am
Self-Serve: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm

Fri: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Self-Serve: 5:00 pm-4:00 pm

Sat: 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Self-Serve: 9:00 am-12:00 pm

*Pre-registration required to access the Branch during self-serve extended access hours. Staff are available remotely during these hours.

Note: Public computers shut down 15 minutes and Makerspaces close 30 minutes before the branch closes.

Address:

277 Carlisle Road
L0R 1H2 Carlisle, ON
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AskHPL:

289-779-7588

Bus Routes:

Carlisle Branch is not accessible by HSR bus.

Branch Manager:

Carly Bedford (cbedford@hpl.ca)

Branch Features:

Book Return

Free Parking

Public Use Computers

Free WiFi

Black and White and Colour Copying

Scan to USB and Email

Accessible Features:

Accessible Parking

Accessible Washroom

Accessible Ramp

Family Change Room

MagnusCards

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The Carlisle Branch first opened in 1971 and moved to 1496 Centre Rd. in 1989. The new branch at 277 Carlisle Rd. opened in June 2022. The branch offers materials for children, teens and adults, as well as programming for children and adults.

The Carlisle Branch also offers Self-Serve Extended Access. Pre-registration required to access the Branch during self-serve hours. Staff are available remotely during these hours.

The Carlisle Branch is located at 277 Carlisle Rd, Carlisle ON L0R 1H2

Closest major intersection

Carlisle and Centre Roads