Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton January 22, 2026.
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.
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 5:00pm
Parkdale Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Parkdale Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:30pm
Microsoft Service Outage affecting email delivery
Microsoft is currently experiencing an outage in the Office 365 services. This is causing some emails from @hpl.ca addresses to fail to be delivered. We appologize for the inconvenience.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:30pm
Locke Branch - Filming Nearby
Filming will take place at 86 Homewood Avenue from January 28-30, 7 am-11 pm. Production vehicles and equipment will be located on the north side of Stanley Avenue between Locke Street South and Kent Street. This will impact the availability of side-street parking. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:00pm
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
The Rockton Bookmobile visit (10:30-11:30am) today, Thursday, January 22 is cancelled. Service is expected to resume next week.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 9:00am
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused
Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused.
Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Daily Hours Update
Starting Monday, February 2, Central Library's daily hours will move back to a 9 am opening instead of 8 am, Monday through Saturday. Please make note of this new service change for your next visit. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library – Digital Microfilm Machines
The digital microfilm machines at Central Library are not working. A single analog machine is available in the Local History and Archives Reading Room. This reader does not support printing. We apologize for the inconvenience and aim to have the digital devices repaired as soon as possible.
Published:
Monday, January 19, 2026 - 1:45pm
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
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
OGS Collection Family Histories
NASH A Family Chart (00550)
NELLES Andrew Nelles - A New Canadian 1798 (00551)
NELLES Nelles Association News. Vol. XIII (Newsletters) (00552)
NEWELL William Newell Descendancy Chart - East Flamborough (00553)
NOLLES Willem Nolles, Ancestor of Nelles & Nellis Families of North America (00554)
NUNN Nunn Genealogy - Descendants of William & Mary Jenney Nunn of Dundas (00555)
O’DELL/BAER Twelve Families. R929.2 ODE CESR ((00374)
OLIVER From Crook to Chaplain. John W. Oliver. 1888-1979 (01715)
O'NEILL International Gathering of Clan (00683) [Missing Apr. 2002]
PAISLEY The Journal of the Paisley Family Society. 1997-1998 (02165)
PANGBURN The Pangburn Letter. Sept. 1989- March 1999 (00556)
PATTERSON Patterson and Related Families in Beverly Township (02332)
PAYNES see DWYERS
PAYZANT A Passion for Survival: The True Story of Marie Anne and Louis Payzant in Eighteenth-century Nova Scotia (02470)
PENTLAND Pentland Family History. Descendants of Alex Pentland and Eliz Wilson (02072)
PIRIE/MCPHERSON History of the Pirie/McPherson Families (00557)
POTTRUFF Pottruff Genealogy. 1760-1978 (00558)
POTTRUFF Pottruff Genealogy. 1760-1978 - Index (00559)
PRIDMORE Leonard Pridmore 1833-1914 & Marg. Grogan 1840-1914, Family Records (00560)
PRIEST Descendants of Thomas Priest (00561)
PRITCHARD Pritchard Family (of Pritchard/Andrews Engraving) (00562)
PRUDHAM The Prudham Family - A Records of Pioneer Days (00563)
PSUTKA Psutka Family Tree, Vol. 1. 1981 (00564)
REAMAN The Reaman Family History. Vaughan Township (00565)
REESOR The Reesor Family in Canada - 1804-1980 (00566)
REICHHELD Your Reichheld Heritage - Descendants of Nicolaus & Anna (00567)
RENNIE The Rennie Family History. Clippings, etc. (00568)
ROBERTSON Scotch Line, Granny’s Tale, Cobourg Star (00569)
RODGERS Agnes & James Allan Family Tree. Index. Birthday Book (00570)
ROREX Rorex Genealogy (00571)
ROSE Biography of Four Generations of Roses. Hugh of Balnuarin Scotland to Colin H. of Chatham, Ont. (00572)
ROSE Rose Family Association Newsletter (00573)
ROSENBERGER Rosenberger. A Family History. 1891-1970 (00574)
RUDY Rudy and Related Families. Records & Letters (00575)
RUDY see also STAGER
RUNDLE Cornwall to Ontario: A Rundle Family History (02386)
RYMAL Rymal Family 1684-1996 & Pedigree Charts. Binder (00576)
RYMAL Rymal Family History. Letter from H.J. Buttery (00577)
RYMAL History of the Ancestors and Descendants of William Rymal, UEL (1759-1852) Who Settled on Hamilton Mountain in 1788 (02423)
