Victoria Day Closure
All HPL branches are closed Monday, May 20 for the Victoria Day Holiday. Bookmobile Service and Study Halls are unavailable. Regular service hours resume Tuesday, May 21.
Barton Branch - Accessible washroom out of order.
Accessible washroom at Barton Branch is currently out of order.
Central Library - Fire Training Drill
An unscheduled fire drill will take place in May during regular service hours at Central Library. Thank you for your understanding in advance.
Dundas and Turner Park Branches - Period Promise Campaign
Menstruation product donations can be dropped off at Dundas and Turner Park branches until May 31. For more information, please visit www.uwhh.ca/periodpromise.
Ancestry Library Edition
Hamilton Public Library subscribes to the Library Edition of the popular genealogical search engine Ancestry.com. Ancestry is a resource for performing genealogical research, and contains Canadian, American, and British records, among many others. It can only be accessed from our branches' public computer stations, or your own device when used in an HPL branch.