The accessible washroom at Barton Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Barton Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - 9:15am
Printing Updates
Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies.
Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Lynden Branch - Extended Access Today
Due to limited Staffing, Lynden Branch will be open today from 1-6pm with Extended Access services only. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 12:00pm
Bookmobile Service - Holiday Schedule
Bookmobile is off the road from December 25-27, December 31, and January 1st. Visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for our Holiday Schedule.
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Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 9:00am
Central Library, Fourth Floor Closure: Friday, January 2
Due to the setup for the Noon Hour Concert, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed on Friday, January 2. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 have spaces to work and study.
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Published:
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 5:00pm
All Branches Closed for New Years Day
All branches close on Thursday January 1 for New Years Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Boxing Day
All branches close on Friday, December 26, 2025 for Boxing Day . This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 24, Christmas Eve - Early Closure
All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 24 at 1pm. All locations are also closed on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, and Boxing Day, Friday, December 26. Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for our Holiday Schedule.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 31, New Year's Eve - Early Closure
All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 31 at 1pm. All locations are also closed on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1st. Regular service hours resume on Friday, January 2. www.hpl.ca/hours
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Christmas
All branches close on Thursday, December 25, for Christmas. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed Sunday December 28
All branches close on Sunday, December 28, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
Study Halls - Holiday Break
Branch Study Halls are paused Friday, December 19, 2025 through Monday, January 5, 2026. Central Library Study Hall hours resume Spring 2026.
www.hpl.ca/study-halls
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 9:15am
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
Top 10 Borrows at HPL in 2024 Inspiration for 2025
HAMILTON, ON – Jan 9, 2025 – Hamilton, if you need inspiration for your 2025 read, watch, listen lists, check out the top borrows from 2024.
Classics such as Anne of Green Gables were as popular among HPL cardholders last year as superstar Taylor Swift’s music and books by Jeff Kinney and Sarah J. Maas.
For proof that Hamilton supports its local talent, look no further than Hamilton Reads 2024 author Anuja Varghese’s Chrysalis. The collection of short stories was the second most popular book borrowed, next to international heavyweight Lee Child’s The Secret, and third among eBooks The Women by Kristin Hannah and It Starts with Us author Colleen Hoover.
Swifties borrowed their beloved icon’s CDs so much in 2024 that her albums held six Top 10 spots.
Like Swift, fantasy author Sarah J. Maas dominated the Top 10 Young Adult Fiction eBook list, holding first, third, fourth, fifth and tenth most circulated spots.
Prolific writer Jeff Kinney held five of the 10 top spots in the Juvenile Fiction eBook category, and curiously, Kinney captured first and second in the Juvenile Non-Fiction list, too.
It’s been more than 115 years since Canadian treasure LM Montgomery published Anne of Green Gables, and it still ranks among the Top 10 eBooks read by young readers.
Young Adults were also drawn to Anne Frank’s Second World War memoir Diary of a Young Girl in 2024, which captured the top spot in the eBook category. Memoirs by Britney Spears (The Woman in Me) and Matthew Perry (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing) were the first and second most circulated books last year as were summer blockbuster movies Oppenheimer and Barbie respectively.
With more than 183,000 active library card holders in 2024—the highest in 12 years—borrowers are tapping into HPL's myriad genres and platforms. This year, get a library card, borrow the 2024 top titles and check out the new additions to our collections to read (fiction and non-fiction), watch and listen.
