Bookmobile Service Modifications

Due to driver availability, Bookmobile is off the road for the following. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Wednesday, July 22:              

  • Helen Detwiler Cancelled
  • Garth Cancelled
  • St. Elizabeths Cancelled
  • Gemini Cancelled
  • Rosedale Cancelled 

Thursday, July 23:

  • Rockton Cancelled
  • Mohawk Gardens Cancelled
  • Meadowlands Cancelled

Wednesday, July 29:              

  • Helen Detwiler Cancelled

Published:
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 9:00am
Express Items via OverDrive - Partner Libraries Update

As of July 1st, partner library Members can no longer borrow HPL Express items via Overdrive. More to Borrow partner libraries will be offering Lucky Express (Skip the line) titles to their cardholders only. This will help manage wait times for popular titles. Lucky Express is a collection of in demand titles with a seven-day loan period, available with no wait. 

Our partners will still be able to borrow titles from the rest of our collection. 
www.hpl.ca/more-to-borrow

Published:
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 10:00am
What's Happening Guide Changes

The What's Happening Guide has been retired and replaced with different communications channels and tactics. You can find the new Summer Reading Flyer here. Watch for future communications updates.

Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 3:00pm
Sunday Hours Return to Central Library

Sunday hours return to Central Library. Beginning July 5, Central is open Noon to 5pm. Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown branches are also open Sundays, 1 to 5pm. hpl.ca/hours

Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 1:00pm
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break

After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls

Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm

Keefer Pamphlets – D – E

Dearborn, W.L.
Description of a Rail Road Route from St. Louis to San Francisco, in letters to P.P.F. Degrand, From W.L. Dearborn, Civil Engineer. 1849.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1850
[16]
vol. 9 #8
mf #863

 

Derby E.H.
Boston: A Commercial Metropolis in 1850. Her Growth, Population, Wealth and Prospects. As Originally Published in Hunt's Merchant's Magazine for November, 1850
Boston: Redding & Co., 1850
[]
vol. 3 #21
mf #846

 

A Description of the Improved Iron Truss Bridge, Invented by Nathaniel Rider. Patented 1845.
New York: Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 1848
[12]
vol. 9 #10
mf #863

 

Ellet, Charles Jr.
A Popular Notice of Suspension Bridges with a Brief Description of the Wire Bridge Across the Schuylkill at Fairmont.
Philadelphia: John C. Clark, Printer, 1843
[18 + illus.]
vol. 9 #1
mf #863

 

The European and North American Railway.
Report to the Senate of Maine and Memorial to Congress.
[1852] []
vol. 3 #25
mf #846