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.

Frequently Asked Questions | HPL

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Saltfleet Library Accessible Door Unavailable

The accessible door at the Saltfleet branch is currently out of order and unavailable for patron use. Our facilities department will review and advise once it is restored to service.

Affected Branch:

Saltfleet Branch

Nearest Branches:

Red Hill Branch

Stoney Creek Branch

Publish Date:

Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 1:45pm

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

Family Literacy Day - 25th Anniversary

A snowman reading a book and holding an HPL branded mug.

National Family Literacy Day, also known as Snuggle Up and Read Together Day, is Saturday January 27, 2024. HPL has plenty of Snuggle Up and Read Storytimes to celebrate the 25th anniversary. This year's theme is Let’s have a family party! Make food, sing songs, read stories and play games together to keep the fun going.

You can also register to watch a virtual celebration of National Literacy Day with author and Honorary Chair, Barbara Reid. Barbara will demonstrate how to use clay to create a picture. She will share unique techniques you can use to make different things.

Literacy is the greatest skill a parent and/or caregiver can give to a child. It is the foundation for creativity, expression, lifelong learning and well-being.

Borrow new and favourite books to read together from HPL.

Need a library card? Register for one. It's easy.