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
Keefer Pamphlets – L
A Lecture Delivered Before the Brockville Library Association and Mechanics' Institute. Introductory to the Course of Lectures for 1855 by the Rev. J. Travers Lewis, L.L.D. Printed by Request of the Association
Brockville: David Wylie, 1855
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vol. 3 #17
mf #846
Little Miami Railroad Company
President’s Report
Cincinnati: Office of the Little Miami Rail Road Company, 1846
[16]
vol. 9 #20
mf #863
Little Miami Railroad Company
Seventh annual report of the Directors of the Little Miami Railroad Company for 1849 Cincinnati: Printed at the Office of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1849
[32]
vol. 7 #2
mf #862
Locke, Joseph
Report of Joseph Locke, Chief Engineer of the Grand Junction Railway between Birmingham and Liverpool, England [Liverpool, 1835]
[20 + Schedule of Accidents on the Great Western Railway from the Opening of the Road to 1st November, 1854]
vol. 6 #13
mf #861
Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad
Report on the Lockport and Niagara Falls Rail Road. To the President and Directors. Showing the estimated cost and probably income of the rail road, if extended from Lockport to Rochester. by Charles B. Stuart, Chief Engineer, February 1, 1849 Rochester: Printed by Jerome and Brother, Daily American Office, 1849
[24]
vol. 8 #9
mf #862
Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad
Report on the Lockport and Niagara Falls Rail Road. To the President and Directors. Showing the estimated cost and probably income of the rail road if extended from Lockport to Rochester, by Charles B. Stuart, Chief Engineer. February 1, 1849 Rochester: Printed by Jerome and Brother, Daily American Office, 1849
[24]
vol. 9 #4
mf #863
Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad Co.
Report of Charles B. Stuart, Chief Engineer, of the Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad Company, showing the estimated cost and probable income of the road, if extended from Lockport to Rochester.
Second Edition. September 1, 1847
[11]
vol. 9 #6
mf #863
Logan, W.E.
On the Foot-prints occurring in the Potsdam Sandstone of Canada
From the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London for August 1852, Vol. VIII
[199-225 + illus.]
vol. 10 #3
mf #864
Logan, W.E.
On the Occurrence of a Track and Foot-Prints of an Animal in the Potsdam Sandstone of Lower Canada
From the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London for August 1851, Vol. VII [247-250] with Owen, Prof.
Description of the Impressions on the Potsdam Sandstone discovered by Mr. Logan in Lower Canada
[250-252]
vol. 10 #4
mf #864
London and Gore Railroad
Report of the Engineer, upon the Preliminary Surveys, for the London and Gore Rail Road.
Toronto: Courier Office – G.H. Hackstaff, Printer, 1836
[36]
vol. 7 #14
mf #862
Long, S.H., Lt. Col. Of the U.S. Engineers
Description of Col. Long's Bridges, Together with a Series of Directions to Bridge Builders.
Concord, N.H.: Printed by John F. Brown, 1836
[73 + illus.]
vol. 7 #7
mf #862
