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, Monday November 25. 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

2

Saltfleet Accessible Washroom Unavailable

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

Affected Branch:

Saltfleet Branch

Nearest Branches:

Red Hill Branch

Stoney Creek Branch

Publish Date:

Monday, November 25, 2024 - 10:00am

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

Repair Café - Volunteer Fixers

Program Overview

Repair Cafés promote sustainability, foster community spirit, encourage lifelong learning, skill building and intergenerational connections. Repair Café “fixers” share a variety of skills to help community members fix common household items. HPL is looking for keen restorers, menders, and handy people to volunteer at upcoming Repair Cafes. Repair categories include small appliances, electronics, sewing, jewelry, bicycles and more.

Time Commitment

• 2-3 hours per session

• Quarterly sessions

Qualifications

• An interest and ability to fix something (please tell us what you repair)

• Possess manual dexterity and ability to handle, lift, and move objects and use tools

• Attention to detail

• Creative, inquisitive mindset

• Patient demeanor when teaching others

• Able to interact with others in a positive, and professional manner

Responsibilities

• Communicate with the customer to decide what the problem is, and how to fix it

• Bring tools you like to work with for your repairs

• Repair objects and demonstrate the process

• Interact with customers in a friendly manner

Volunteer Benefits

• Satisfaction of helping someone acquire new skills

• Challenge and reward of repairing a broken item

• Contributing to community development and sustainability

Volunteer Application

Contact: 

The Volunteer Coordinator at (905) 546-3200 x 3620 or email volunteer@hpl.ca

Audience:

Adults - Age 19+