All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday August 2, 2026. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access is unavailable. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca. www.hpl.ca/hours
All Branches Closed August 2
Published:
Friday, July 31, 2026 - 9:00am
All Branches Closed for Civic Holiday
All HPL Branches are closed on Monday August 3, 2026 for Civic Holiday. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access is unavailable. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Friday, July 31, 2026 - 8:00am
Kenilworth Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Kenilworth Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Thursday, July 30, 2026 - 5:45pm
New Loan Periods - Effective Monday, August 31
As of Monday, August 31, new loan periods will come into effect to shorten the wait time for popular hold items.
DVD Express - 3 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 7 days (fiction, children's and languages)
Magazines - 7 days
Bestseller Express - 14 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 14 days (non-fiction and TV series)
Books - 21 days
Music/Books on CD and Children's Express - 21 days
Please visit www.hpl.ca/borrowing for more details.
Published:
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 2:30pm
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm
Keefer Pamphlets - F
Fairbairn, William
Description of the Sliding Caisson at Keyham Dockyards. With an abstract of the discussion upon the paper Edited by Charles Manby By Permission of the Council. Excerpt minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineer, Vol. XIII. Session 1853-54
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross, 1857
[22 + illus.]
vol. 10 #22
mf. #864
Fairbairn, William
On the Comparative Value of Various Kinds of Stone, as Exhibited by their Powers of Resisting Compression [From the Fourteenth Volume of “Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester” Session 1856-7]
Manchester: Printed by T. Sowler and Sons, St. Ann’s Square, 1857
[31-47 + illus.]
vol. 10 #21
mf #864
Fairbairn, William
On the Tensile Strength of Wrought Iron at Various Temperatures [From the Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1856]
London: Printed by Taylor and Francis. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1857
[405-422 + illus.]
vol. 10 #23
mf #864
Fairbairn, William
On Tubular Wrought Iron Cranes; with Description of the 60 Ton Tubular Wrought Iron Crane Recently Erected at Keyham Dockyard, Devonport. [Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, at Manchester, 24th June, 1857. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., President, In the Chair. By Permission of the Council]
Birmingham: Printed at M. Billing’s Steam-Press Offices, Livery Street, 1857
[87-98]
vol. 10 #20
mf #864
A Few Words Upon Canada and Her Productions in the Great Exhibition Published by Authority
London: W. & T. Piper, 1851
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vol. 3 #15
mf #846
Fredericton Athenaeum Annual Address, Delivered by Mr. Justice Carter, President, Before the Fredericton Athenaeum, 18th February, 1850 Printed at the Request of the Society
Saint John: Henry Chubb & Co., 1850
[]
vol. 3 #8
mf #846
Fredericton Athenaeum Annual Address Delivered Before the members of the Fredericton Athenaeum, February 26, 1855, by The Hon. Neville, Parker, President Printed by Order of the Society
Fredericton: Royal Gazette Office, 1855
[]
vol. 3 #9
mf #846
Fredericton Athenaeum Annual Address Delivered Before the Members of the Fredericton Athenaeum, February 23, 1857, by John Wilkinson, C.E., President Printed by Order of the Society
Fredericton: Royal Gazette Office, 1857
[]
vol. 3 #10
mf #846
Fredericton Athenaeum Annual Address Delivered Before the Members of the Fredericton Athenaeum, March 1, 1858, by John Wilkinson, C.E., President Printed by Order of the Society
Fredericton: J. Simpson, 1858
[]
vol. 3 #11
mf #846
