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 15. Learn more.

Public computers are available at all branches.
Printing is available at all branches. Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Central, Concession, Dundas, and Terryberry branches. Scanning is not yet available.
Website log-in is available, access is restored to the catalogue, the HPL App is online, online eResources are available and Holds can be placed.
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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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

Delayed Branch Openings

Due to Staff training, the following branches have delayed openings of 10 am on:

Monday, November 18: Westdale

Tuesday, November 19: Concession

Wednesday, November 20: Ancaster and Mount Hope (2 pm opening)

Thursday, November 21: Valley Park

Please visit nearby branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours

Publish Date:

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 12:00pm

Barton Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order

The accessible washroom at Barton Branch is currently out of order. We are working to restore access. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Affected Branch:

Barton Branch

Nearest Branches:

Central Library

Kenilworth Branch

Publish Date:

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 2:45pm

Kenilworth Branch - Roof Repairs

From November 11 to 29, the parking lot may not be available at certain times of the day due to repair maintenance. There may also be some noise disruptions in the branch. Thank you for your understanding.

Affected Branch:

Kenilworth Branch

Publish Date:

Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 3:00pm

Hamilton Youth Poets

Theme: Our City, Our Voice, Our Future

This year's festival takes place in conjunction with Children’s Mental Health Week (May 3-9), National Youth Arts Week (May 1-7) and National Youth Week (May 1-7). LTABC will feature over 130 youth competitors.

Please click here for the list of events that will be happening at Central Library.

For more information about the Louder Than a Bomb Canada: Youth Poetry Festival, visit the Hamilton Young Poets website at: http://www.hamiltonyouthpoets.org/

*Please note that events will happen either in the Hamilton Room or the 4^th floor.