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, Thursday November 21. 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

June is Indigenous History Month

Indigenous History Month at HPL

June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to honour the history, heritage and diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Learn and celebrate with HPL’s collections, programs and events.

Events
Amplifying Indigenous Voices with David A. Robertson
Wednesday June 5
Central Library
6:30-7:30pm

Attend a reading and conversation with author David A. Robertson, whose books When We Were Alone and On the Trapline won the Governor General's Literary Award in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

In Conversation with Jeffrey Luscombe
Thursday June 27
Central
6:30-7:30pm

Attend a live reading and conversation with author Jeffrey Luscombe, who discusses his new book, To Refrain From Embracing.

Children's Puppet Theatre
Friday June 28
Red Hill
2:00-3:00pm

A retelling of the story of how the turtle carries our world on her back and how the tiny muskrat succeeds in giving us the greatest gift of all: a place to call home, Turtle Island. Presented by Rabbit and Bear Paws.

National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21
Friday June 21
Central Library
12:00-1:00pm

James N. Wilson performs in Central Library’s Hamilton Room to bring the community together in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Browse our Collection
HPL’s catalogue features Indigenous reads for Adults, Kids, Teens and Early Years, as well as Staff Picks.

More Resources from the Government of Canada

National Indigenous History Month

Indigenous Arts, Culture and Heritage

Indigenous Peoples and Communities