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

Fun Stuff to do Online at Home

ALL AGES | KIDS ACTIVITIES | TEENS ACTIVITIES

ALL AGES

Get a Card Register for a Hamilton Public Library card if you live, work or attend school in Hamilton.

Hoopla Instant access to a great selection of movies, books, audiobooks and music.

Kanopy Watch classic films, documentaries, world cinema, popular flicks and independent movies.

OverDrive Borrow from more than 100,000 eBooks, eAudiobooks and more.

PressReader Newspapers and Magazines Includes the Hamilton Spectator and many international publications.

Movies and Music Watch, listen, and learn.

Mango Languages Learn a new language.

More Online Resources We have more in store on our website.

Links to Learning Educational activities for all ages, to do at home.

KIDS ACTIVITIES

Tumblebooks Animated, read-aloud books.

Movies and Music Summa Kids and Kanopy Kids entertain and educate.

Activities For those who like writing, crafts, coding, science, exercise and more.

Scavenger Hunt Play a fun game to learn eco-friendly tips about the Valley Park Branch.

Learning at Home In-house and external events, activities, book lists, online courses and more.

Storytime Watch our popular Storytimes and Puppet Shows at home.

Winter Reading Challenge Read a book, any book and record it on this sheet.

TEENS ACTIVITIES

Power of the Pen Write a poem or story and you may win prizes.

Activities Explore, write, design and experiment with HPL.

Music and Movies Summa and Kanopy entertain and educate.

Learning at Home In-house and external events, activities, book lists, online courses and more.

Brainfuse for Students Real-time help with homework, feedback on essays and skill building for all ages.