Print on the Go Currently Unavailable

The Print on the Go service is not working at all Branches. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.

Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Concession Branch - Temporarily Reopening

Starting Thursday, August 27, the Branch has reopened to its regular hours with limited services for a few weeks while construction is paused. The interior construction of a new Makerspace will resume in mid-September. Stay tuned for more updates.

Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Network Maintenance, Sunday, August 30

From 5am to 11am, HPL's catalogue, library accounts and online resources will not be available due to technical network maintenance. We thank you in advance for your patience.

Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Delayed Openings and Closures

Due to Staff training, the following service modifications are planned.

  • Turner Park: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-1 pm Closure
  • Red Hill: Friday, September 18, Delayed Opening of 10 am
  • Central Library: Tuesday, September 29, Delayed Opening of 10 am

Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for open alternate locations.

Published:
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications

Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for September: 

Mon, Sept 7: Library Closed - All Stops Cancelled 

Tues, Sept 8:                    

  • Strathcona Cancelled

  • McMaster Cancelled

Thurs, Sept 10:                 

  • Rockton moved to Saturday 

  • Millgrove moved to Saturday

Sat, Sept 12:                 

  • Stoney Creek Cancelled

  • Riverdale Cancelled

Published:
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 9:30am
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

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - I

Indiana Magazine of History.
vol. LX No. 2 June 1964
"The War Hawks and the War of 1812" pg. 119-120
"Who Were the War Hawks" Reginald Horsman pg. 121-136
"The War Hawks of 1812: An Historical Myth" Roger H. Brown pg. 137-151
"The War Hawks of 1812: A Critique" Alexander DeLonde pg. 152-4
"The War Hawks and the War of 1812" Norman K. Risjord pg. 155-8

(Ingraham, Edward Duncan) 1793-1854
A Sketch of the Events which preceded the Capture of Washington by the British, on the Twenty-Fourth of August, 1814. "If we desire to avoid insult, we must by prepared to repel it." - G. Washington, 1793
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 126, Charles Marshall, 148 Chestnut Street, 1849
66
R971.034 ING CESC

Irving, L. Homfray
Canadian Military Institute. Officers of the British Forces in Canada During the War of 1812-1815.
Welland, Ont.: n.p., 1908
ix, 309
Gagnon II 1060; Thibeault 10145
R971.053 Ir8 CESC