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, Tuesday November 5. Learn more.

Public computers are available at all locations except Central Library's 2nd and 3rd Floors.
Printing is available at all branches. Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Terryberry, Concession, Dundas, and Red Hill branches. Scanning is not yet available.
Website log-in is available, access is restored to the catalogue, the HPL App is online, online eResources are available and Holds can be placed.
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, October 29, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Central Library - Photocopying and Scanning Unavailable

Due to maintenance issues, photocopying and scanning services are not currently available at Central Library. The estimated time of disruption is unknown. Thank you for your patience.

Affected Branch:

Central Library

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 8:45am

Mount Hope - Delayed Opening

Due to Staff training, the Mount Hope Branch will have a delayed opening of 2 pm on Wednesday, November 20. Please visit the Turner Park Branch as the next nearest location for your library needs.

Affected Branch:

Mount Hope Branch

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 8:00am

Delayed Opening - Ancaster Branch

Due to Staff training, the Ancaster Branch will have a delayed opening of 10 am on Wednesday, November 20. Please visit the Dundas or Terryberry Branch as the next nearest locations for your library needs.

Affected Branch:

Ancaster Branch

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 8:00am

Ending support for OverDrive's desktop apps and website MP3 downloads

On November 13, 2024, the MP3 audiobook format will be retired from HPL's OverDrive website and support for OverDrive's desktop apps for Windows and Mac (which only work with MP3 audiobooks) will not be available.

After this change, you can listen to audiobooks using the following options:

In Libby (available for Android, iOS, or Amazon Fire devices or at libbyapp.com in a web browser)
On HPL's OverDrive website using the Listen now in browser option
In the OverDrive app (only available in select countries)

Publish Date:

Monday, November 4, 2024 - 9:15am

Makerspace Tour

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Is your organization interested in knowing more about what the Hamilton Public LIbrary's Makerspace has to offer?

Located on Circuit 4.0 4^th floor Central Library . the Makerspace is made up of several spaces and equipment -- a sound studio, a video studio, 3D printers, digital media studio, large format printer, vinyl cutter and printer, and an embroidery machine. The Makerspace tour will always include an overview that will give the participants a general idea of the various projects that can be done in the space. If there is a specific topic or area that your organization would like to focus on, please indicate that in the form and we will try to accommodate this request.

Once you submit your request, expect Makerspace staff to contact you after around 2 business days.

Due to scheduling constraints, the soonest that a tour can be booked is around two weeks from the date the request is received.

If you are a Teacher or a Teacher Librarian and would like to arrange a visit for your class, please fill out the Library Visit Request form.

If you have any other questions, you can call the Makerspace at 905-546-3200 x3406

Thank you.