Modified Bookmobile Service - September 15-18

Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications. Thank you for your patience. 

Monday, September 15

  • Mohawk College, 12-1pm - Cancelled

Tuesday, September 16

  • Greencedar, 4-5pm - Cancelled

Wednesday, September 17

  • Helen Detwiler - Changed to 11-11:30am

Thursday, September 18

  • Meadowlands - Changed to 3:30-4pm
  • Bennetto - Changed to 4:45-5:30pm
 
 
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Affected Branch: Bookmobile
Nearest Branches: 
Published:
Friday, September 12, 2025 - 3:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees Resume October 1st

To avoid a replacement or lost fee, please return library materials due October 1st or later within 28 days. Replacement fees are intended to encourage Members to return items on a timely basis so everyone in the community can enjoy them. 

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All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
SuperCrawl - Road Closures near Central Library

From Thursday, September 11, until 5 am on Monday, September 15, road closures for SuperCrawl will be in effect in and around James Street North from King to Wilson/York to Cannon to Barton Street. Additional closures will take place on King William, Rebecca, Vine, Mulberry, Colbourne and Murray Streets. If you are planning to visit Central Library over the next few days, we suggest taking HSR for a convenient route to downtown Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/central

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 10:30am
Central Library - Fourth Floor Temporary Closure

Central Library's Fourth Floor is closed on Tuesday, September 16, from Noon to 6 pm due to a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available as study and work spaces. www.hpl.ca/central

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 10:00am
Kenilworth Branch - Temporary Closure (Sept 2 - Oct 10)

Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 10. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. On August 28-29, there may be some noise disruptions and limited parking spots while the roof repair set-up begins. Thank you for your patience.

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Published:
Monday, August 11, 2025 - 8:00am

Keefer Pamphlets – W

Watertown and Rome Railroad Company
Proposals for an issue of bonds by the directors of the Watertown and Rome Railroad Co. secured by mortgage and convertible into stock July 1, 1851
[8]
vol. 6 #14
mf #861

 

Wellsville and Fairport Rail Road Company
Report of the engineer to the directors of the Wellsville and Fairport Rail Road Company, May 1, 1837
Painesville: Printed by Asahel Howe, 1837
[11]
vol. 7 #17
mf #862

 

Western Rail-Road Corporation
Fifth annual report of the Directors of the Western Rail-Road Corporation, To the Stockholders, February 12, 1840
Boston: S.N. Dickinson, printer, 1840
[31]
vol. 7 #11
mf #862

 

What the Sister Arts Teach As to Farming
n.p., n.d.
[33]
vol. 10 #18
mf #864

 

Willson, Henry Beckles, of Hamilton, Canada West, Barrister-at-Law
The Great Western Railway of Canada, Its Proposed Branches and Extensions. London: A. & S. Cockshaw, Printers, Ludgate Hill, 1854
[16]
vol. 4 #6
mf #860

 

[Willson, Hugh Bowlsby]
Reports and correspondence on the "Patent Compound Rail"
London: S.W. Rowsell, 31, Cheapside, 1851
[20]
vol. 4 #7
mf #860