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

Murder Victims

A (14) B (36) C (30) D (41) E (4) F (16) G (21) H (31) I (3) J (14) K (19) L (23) M (55) N (4) O (6) P (27) R (22) S (36) T (19) U (3) V (8) W (22) Y (5) Z (3)

Johnson, Errie

Born circa 1906, Died 1923

Jackson, George H.

Died 1937

James, Burton R.

Born circa 1917, Died 1972

Johnson, Mary Ann

Born circa 1921, Died 1974

Jolicoeur Family

Died 1975

Jodway, Robert

Born circa 1939, Died 1980

Jewett, Timothy

Born circa 1967, Died 1985

Jelinek, Victor

Born circa 1927, Died 1986

Johnings, Samantha

Born 1991, Died 1992

Jack, Sue

Died 1999

Jamieson, Cindy

Born circa 1956, Died 2002

Jardine, Colin

Born circa 1980, Died 2003

Joseph, Shelley Lynne

Born circa 1964, Died 2004

Johnson, Tyler

Born circa 1983, Died 2013