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

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

Science Odyssey Teen Hack-a-Thon

Join us for our first ever Hamilton Teen Hack-a-thon. Bring your laptop and your teammate and use your coding skills to tackle a literacy challenge. Team of 2 or 3 are welcome.

McMaster mentors will be on hand to coach and assist. Pizza lunch will be provided. Parents are encouraged to stop in and observe what the students will learn. Everyone welcome at 2:00 p.m. to celebrate all the projects and congratulate the winning team. The 1^st place team will win a scholarship for the Leap Summer Camp program.

What is Science Odyssey?

The Teen Hack-a-thon is part of Science Odyssey’s ten days (May 6 – May 14) of discovery and innovation. Hundreds of events will take place all across Canada. Science Odyssey is sponsored by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) wants to engage with Canada’s scientific community in a new cross-Canada event that celebrates discovery and innovation.

This program is offered with the generous support of the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) by McMaster University, Computing and Software in partnership with the Hamilton Public Library.

City-Wide Outage, Library Service Impacted

Saltfleet Library Accessible Door Unavailable

Magazine and ILLO Delay

3D Printing Not Available On Sundays

Science Odyssey Teen Hack-a-Thon

Join us for our first ever Hamilton Teen Hack-a-thon. Bring your laptop and your teammate and use your coding skills to tackle a literacy challenge. Team of 2 or 3 are welcome.

If you're taking on the challenge call Central Library at 905-546-3200 x3434