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, Wednesday November 20. 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

Delayed Branch Openings

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

Tuesday, November 19: Concession

Wednesday, November 20: Ancaster (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

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

Board of Police, 1833-1846

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President – Board of Police – Thomas Taylor

Commissioners – Colin Campbell Ferrie, Peter Hunter Hamilton, Joseph Ralston, Ebenezer Stinson.

1834

President – John Law

Commissioners – Alexander Carpenter, Andrew Miller, Joseph Ralston, Ebenezer Stinson

1835

President – Andrew McIlroy

Commissioners – David Allison, James English, Dr. A.D. McKenzie, Andrew Miller

1836

President – Andrew McIlroy

Commissioners – William Gilbert, Nathaniel Hughson, John Law, Andrew Miller

1837

President – James L. Willson

Commissioners – W.J. Gilbert, Edward Jackson, Andrew Miller, Thomas Wilson

1838

President – Miles G. O’Reilly

Commissioners – John Bradley, Alexander Carpenter, William Dailey, William J. Gilbert,

1839

President – William J. Gilbert

Commissioners – Alexander Carpenter, William Dailey, William John Gilbert, Miles O’Reilly

1840

President – Richard Oliver Duggan

Commissioners – John Bradley, Thomas Gillesby, Samuel McCurdy, John Winer

1841

President – Richard Oliver Duggan

Commissioners – John Bradley, Thomas Gillesby, Samuel McCurdy, John Winer

1842

President – George Sylvester Tiffany

Commissioners – James Gage, Thomas Gillesby, Edward Jackson, John Young

1843

President – George Sylvester Tiffany

Commissioners – William Brick, Alexander Carpenter, Thomas Gillesby, Samuel Kerr

1844

President – Robert Hamilton

Commissioners – Walter Armstrong, Daniel Dewey, Daniel Kelly, John Kennedy

1845

President – Richard George Beasley

Commissioners – Nehemiah Ford, Thomas Gillesby, Daniel Kelly, Jonathan Simpson

1846

President – Daniel MacNab

Commissioners – Nehemiah Ford, Daniel C. Gunn, Daniel Kelly, James Walker