Due to construction at the Concession Branch hours are changing temporarily, beginning Fri Aug 7 to mid-September.
Mon-Thu 5-7pm
Fri Closed
Sat 9am-5pm
Members can change their Holds pickup location in their library accounts or can contact Staff. Or Holds can be paused until after the branch returns to regular open hours.
Some programs will be moved to the Sherwood Branch, 467 Upper Ottawa St. Please check hpl.ca/events for up-to-date program changes.
Thu Aug 13
The 2:30-3pm Visit to Mohawk Gardens is Cancelled.
The 3:30-4pm Visit to the Meadowlands is Cancelled.
Tue Aug 18:
The 10:30-11am Visit to the Court at Rushdale is Cancelled
Sat Aug 22:
Pride Hamilton (Visit Bookmobile 9:30am-4:30pm at Pier 4 Park - 64 Leander Dr.) - All Visits Cancelled (Stoney Creek Arena 10-11am, Riverdale 11:15am-12:15pm and Discovery Centre 2:30-4pm).
The accessible washroom at Kenilworth Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
As of Monday, August 31, new loan periods will come into effect to shorten the wait time for popular hold items.
DVD Express - 3 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 7 days (fiction, children's and languages)
Magazines - 7 days
Bestseller Express - 14 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 14 days (non-fiction and TV series)
Books - 21 days
Music/Books on CD and Children's Express - 21 days
Please visit www.hpl.ca/borrowing for more details.
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
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1867: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)
1868: Hutchison Clark (1806-1877)
1869: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)
1870: George Murison (1820-1889)
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1882-1883: Charles Magill (1816-1898)
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1888-1889: William Doran (1834-1903)
1890-1891: David McLellan (1841-1892)
1892-1893: Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835-1900)
1894-1895: Alexander David Stewart (1852-1899)
1896: George Elias Tuckett (1835-1900)
1897-1898: Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844-1904)
1899-1900: James Vernall Teetzel (1853-1926)
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1907-1908: Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848-1926)
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1921-1922: George Charles Coppley (1858-1936)
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2010-2014: Robert Bratina (1943-)
2014-Present: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)
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1849: James Belle Ewart (1801-1853)
1850-1852: James Coleman (1811-1881)
1853-1854: Robert Holt (1801-1876)
1855: George Munns Barton (1829-1892)
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1874: James Somerville (1834-1916)
1875: Alexander Stronach Wink (ca 1843-1899)
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1885; Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)
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1888-1889: Henry Bickford (1842-1889)
1889-1890: John Bertram (1829-1906)
1891-1892: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)
1893: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)
1894-1895: Col. William Edward Sheridan Knowles (1862-1931)
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1898: Henry Bertram (1856-1945)
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1903-1904: William Lawson (1854-1948)
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1911: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)
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1914-1915: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)
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1918: Herbert C. Davis (1871-1952)
1919: Samuel Joseph Lennard (1857-1921)
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1930: Dr. W. E. Inksetter (1865-1947)
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