All Bookmobile visits are cancelled today, Thursday, January 15 due to winter weather conditions. Stay tuned for updates on Friday, January 16.
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 12:00pm
Branch Closures
Barton, Binbrook, Carlisle, Concession, Freelton, Greensville, Locke, Lynden, Mount Hope, Parkdale, Stoney Creek, Waterdown and Valley Park Branches are closed All Day on Thursday, January 15, 2026 due to poor weather. Study Halls are open tonight with the exception of Waterdown and Valley Park Branches.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 12:00pm
Delayed Branch Openings
The following Branches open at 1pm: Ancaster, Dundas, Kenilworth, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Saltfleet, Westdale and Sherwood.
Extended Access is not available.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Delayed Opening
Central Library opens at Noon today, Thursday, January 15. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 7:00am
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton January 14, 2025.
The temperature is expected to plummet below minus 15 Celsius. For warm place hours visit hpl.ca/hours.
For a list of shelters and health information visit www.hamilton.ca/cold.
Published:
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 4:00pm
Online Resources - Update
The following eResources have been recently discontinued in our HPL collections: Novelist, Summa, Summa Kids, and Northstar Digital Literacy. Please visit www.hpl.ca/articles/read-watch-listen for our full listing of online resources for your next read, watch, listen and/or learn.
Published:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 11:00am
Waterdown Branch Accessible Door Out of Order
The accessibility door at Waterdown Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
Published:
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - 12:00pm
Printing Updates
Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies.
Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
McCullough Collection
Box #2
January 7, 1933 - December 28, 1935
January 7, 1933 Rae of the Arctic (#1)
January 14, 1933 " (#2)
January 21, 1933 " (#3)
January 28, 1933 " (#4)
February 4, 1933 " (#6)
February 11, 1933 " (#5)
February 18, 1933 New From An Old Chateau (#1)
February 25, 1933 " (#2)
March 4, 1933 " (#3)
March 11, 1933 " (#4)
March 18, 1933 " (#5)
March 25, 1933 'In Days of Yore' Being Extracts From Old Files of the Hamilton Spectator (#1)
April 1, 1933 " (#2)
April 8, 1933 " (#3)
April 15, 1933 " (#4)
April 22, 1933 Indian Art in Place Names (#1)
April 29, 1933 " (#2)
May 6, 1933 A Destroyed Nation
May 13, 1933 Addison of Old St. Mark's (#1)
May 20, 1933 " (#2)
May 27, 1933 " (#3)
June 3, 1933 The Romance of a Song (#1)
June 10, 1933 " (#2)
June 17, 1933 John Byron of the Navy (#1)
June 24, 1933 " (#2)
June 30, 1933 " (#3)
July 8, 1933 Two Cameronians
July 15, 1933 Affairs of Honor (#1)
July 22, 1933 " (#2)
August 5, 1933 " (#4)
August 12, 1933 " (#5)
August 19, 1933 " (#6)
August 26, 1933 " (#7)
September 9, 1933 Indian Tales (#2)
September 18, 1933 " (#3)
September 23, 1933 " (#4)
September 30, 1933 " (#5)
October 7, 1933 A Night at Nahneetis (#1)
October 14, 1933 " (#2)
October 21, 1933 " (#3)
October 28, 1933 The Black Sixties (#1)
November 4, 1933 " (#2)
November 11, 1933 Young Finan's Journal (#1)
November 18, 1933 " (#2)
November 25, 1933 " (#3)
December 2, 1933 " (#4)
December 9, 1933 Romantic Betsy Bigley (#1)
December 16, 1933 " (#2)
December 23, 1933 " (#3)
December 30, 1933 Laura Bell of Belfast and Elsewhere
January 6, 1934 Madame Rachel
Annals of the Gore (1827, 1828, 1829) Series
January 13, 1934 - December 14, 1935
Articles numbered in Roman numerals from I to C
[missing: XXXIX, LXXIV, LXXV]
Also within this time period:
January 20, 1934 Bartlett of Brigus
November 16, 1935 Two Distinguished Artists
December 21, 1935 Some Seventy Years Ago (#1)
December 28, 1935 " (#2)
