Central Library - Fourth Floor Closure, Friday July 10

With the Steel Town Love special event taking place on Saturday, July 11, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed for set-up all day on Friday, July 10. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open.

The Fourth Floor will reopen its study spaces on Sunday, July 12, Noon-5 pm.

www.hpl.ca/central

Published:
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 4:00pm
Express Items via OverDrive - Partner Libraries Update

As of July 1st, partner library Members can no longer borrow HPL Express items via Overdrive. More to Borrow partner libraries will be offering Lucky Express (Skip the line) titles to their cardholders only. This will help manage wait times for popular titles. Lucky Express is a collection of in demand titles with a seven-day loan period, available with no wait. 

Our partners will still be able to borrow titles from the rest of our collection. 
www.hpl.ca/more-to-borrow

Published:
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 10:00am
What's Happening Guide Changes

The What's Happening Guide has been retired and replaced with different communications channels and tactics. You can find the new Summer Reading Flyer here. Watch for future communications updates.

Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 3:00pm
Sunday Hours Return to Central Library

Sunday hours return to Central Library. Beginning July 5, Central is open Noon to 5pm. Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown branches are also open Sundays, 1 to 5pm. hpl.ca/hours

Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 1:00pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Door Out of Order

The accessibility door at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.

Published:
Thursday, June 25, 2026 - 2:45pm
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
Construction at Barton Branch

The entrance to the Barton Branch's parking lot off Milton Street is currently inaccessible due to construction. Please use the alley entrance off Fullerton Street. 

Published:
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 9:15am
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.

Published:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 - 5:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification

Bookmobile Service Modifications 

Mon Jul 6:                 

  • Special Event - All Stops Cancelled

Wed, July 8:              

  • Helen Detwiler Cancelled

Thurs, July 9:

  • Rockton Cancelled

  • Millgrove Cancelled

  • Bennetto Cancelled

  • Kinsmen Cancelled

Published:
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 12:00pm

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - U

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[48] Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the Petition of Joseph W. Page.
January 28, 1814
Read and committed to a committee of the whole house on Thursday next.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
4,[4]
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[41] Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the Petition of Weston Jenkins and Others, accompanying A Bill for the Relief of Weston Jenkins and Others.
January 13, 1815
Read and Ordered to be printed.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
4
R972.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[46] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on The Petition of Amy Darden, and Others.
January 19, 1815
Accompanied by "A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of David Darden, deceased."
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
6
R917.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[31] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the Petition of Ann Brown.
January 11, 1814
Read and ordered to lie on the table
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
4
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[43] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims on The Petition of Mary Chever.
January 25, 1814
Read and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
4
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[66] Report of the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims on the Petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer.
Made March 13, 1816
Accompanied with a bill concerning Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer.
3, [1]
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[85] Report of the committee on Public Expenditure on the memorial and accounts of Colonel James Thomas, quarter-master general.
February 15, 1817
Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
16
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representative.
[37] Report of the Committee on the Public Land, on the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of the Mississippi Territory praying The interference of congress in quieting and adjusting claims to lands in said territory.
December 21, 1814
Read and ordered to be printed
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
10
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of the Committee to whom was Referred A Message from the President of the United States, of the Twenty-Third of December Last, in Relation To the Presentation of a Gold Medal to Commodore Preble and Swords to the Officers of His Squadron.
February 26, 1813. Read and referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday next.
Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1813
14
R359.00973 UNI CESC #4

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of The Committee to whom was referred So Much of the Message of the President of the United States, at the Commencement of the Session, as Relates to the Spirit and Manner in which the War has been Waged by the Enemy.
July 31, 1813. Resolution agreed to and forwarded to the President.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1813
190
R971.034 UNI CESC #5

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of The Committee to whom was Referred The amendments from the house of representatives, to the bill "to authorize the president of the United States to call upon the several states and territories thereof, for their respective quotas of eighty thousand four hundred and thirty militia, for the defense of the frontiers of the United States."
December 17, 1814. Printed by order of the senate of the United States.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
4
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[33] Report of The Committee to whom was referred the Communication of Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Relative to the Destruction of the Library, & c.
December 12, 1814
Read, and referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday next.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
12, Appendix M, A, B/C, T
R971.034 UNI CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[45] Report of The Committee to whom was referred The Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, of The Nineteenth of December, 1814; and To whom was recommitted their former report, of twelfth December, 1814, on the same subject.
January 16, 1815
Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
45, 1, Appendix A
R973.521 REP CESC

United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of the Committee to Whom was referred the memorial of Abraham Markle and Gideon Frisbee. Made January 24, 1816. Accompanied with a Bill for their relief.
[Washington City: 1816]
4
[Abraham Markle was, at the outbreak of the war, a resident of Ancaster, Upper Canada]
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