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Public Printing Currently Unavailable
All locations presently experiencing issues with Public printing and copying services. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Publish Date:
Saturday, December 21, 2024 - 2:15pm
Library Services Update
HPL is recovering from the City of Hamilton's cybersecurity-related incident, which began Sunday February 25 and continues today. Learn more.
- Public computers are available at all branches. JAWS (Job Access With Speech) computers are not available.
- Printing is available at all branches.
- Photocopying and scanning is available at all branches except at Westdale & Concession.
- Public Wi-Fi is available at all branches.
- Makerspace services are available at select locations.
Contact Library Staff at 289-779-7588, hpl.ca or askus@hpl.ca. Check hpl.ca/events for programs and hpl.ca/hours for open hours.
Publish Date:
Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 5:45pm
Suggest for Purchase
HPL welcomes suggestions for purchase.
Physical books, graphic novels, movies, music and book club kits.
Please follow these guidelines:
- If you are a local author, use the Spotlight on Local form
- Please check the Library Catalogue to ensure we don’t already have the title.
- Please submit a separate form for each title suggested.
- Suggested titles must be available for purchase in Canada.
- Each suggested title will be considered by our Collections Librarians
- Please request titles published more than two years ago through interlibrary loan.
- Bear in mind that not-yet-released popular books, movies and music are likely on our order list.
- If the suggested title is out-of-print or falls outside of HPL’s Collection Policy and is not purchased, please request through interlibrary loan.
- Use OverDrive’s Recommendation feature for eBook and eAudio purchase suggestions.
- Also check our partner libraries using the link at the top of HPL's OverDrive service.
Due to the volume of submissions, Collections staff are unable to meet with authors individually, or confirm purchase decisions. If purchased,- the items will appear in our catalogue.
