Limited Parking at Locke Branch

The parking on Locke Street directly in front of the Locke Branch is blocked due fiming around Melrose United Church, 86 Homewood Ave., January 20-24.

Affected Branch(es):

Locke Branch

Publish Date:

Monday, January 20, 2025 - 10:00am

Warming Places - All Branches

The City of Hamilton has issued a Cold Alert. All HPL branches are warming centres during our service hours. More locations are available throughout the city.

www.hamilton.ca/winterresponse

Publish Date:

Sunday, January 19, 2025 - 12:00pm

Accessible Door Not Working - Kenilworth Branch

The accessibility wave sensor is out of order for exiting the Kenilworth branch. Aplogies for the inconvenience.

Affected Branch(es):

Kenilworth Branch

Nearest Branches:

Barton Branch

Red Hill Branch

Publish Date:

Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 10:15am

Bookmobile - Modified Service

Monday, January 20

Riverdale 4:00-5:00 updated to 3:30-4:00
Stinson 5:30-6:30 updated to 4:30-5:30

Tuesday, January 21

Greencedar 4:00-5:00 updated to 3:30-4:15
Mountview 5:30-6:30 updated to 4:30-5:30

Wednesday, January 22

Winona Park 3:00-4:00: Cancelled
Rosedale 5:30-6:30 updated to 4:30-5:30

Affected Branch(es):

Bookmobile

Publish Date:

Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 10:00am

Notices

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HPL Catalogue - Scheduled Maintenance

Due to scheduled maintenance, HPL's Library catalogue will be not available from 8am to 10am on Sunday, January 26, 2025. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Publish Date:

Monday, January 20, 2025 - 1:15pm

Terryberry Accessible Washroom on the 1st Floor - Out of Order

The accessible washroom on the 1st floor of Terryberry library is unavailable.

Affected Branch:

Terryberry Branch

Nearest Branches:

Concession Branch

Turner Park Branch

Publish Date:

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 12:30pm

Phishing Scheme

Please be aware of online phishing attempts impersonating Hamilton Public Library and Library Staff. HPL does not solicit paid freelance opportunities through social media or other messaging applications. HPL does not request personal or banking information through social media or require financial compensation when reviewing job applications. Please report phishing schemes to communications@hpl.ca. If you think you are a victim of fraud, please call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

Publish Date:

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 5:30pm

Use of Images

Last council meeting in old City Hall, 1960

Terms of Use

Local History and Archives' collection includes images both in the public domain and with active copyright ownership. Digital reproductions are created by Hamilton Public Library and Hamilton Public Library owns the copyright for these digital images. Images that are still in copyright must be licensed from the copyright holder.

All images are covered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License.

Images can be used for personal or research use without prior permission. Any other use, including, but not limited to, commercial or scholarly reproductions, redistribution, publication, or transmission whether by electronic means or otherwise, without prior written permission from the Hamilton Public Library is prohibited.

The Library will grant or withhold permission on a case by case basis. Permission requests may be sent to Local History and Archives. Click here for information on purchasing a high-resolution image or sending a permission request.

The city of Hamilton's cybersecurity-related outage has affected some of HPL's services. Our online image database, PreView, is unavailable, and we are not able to provide a timeline for its return.

Some images, such as postcards, can still be found online on Flickr.