All Bookmobile visits are cancelled today, Thursday, January 15 due to winter weather conditions. Stay tuned for updates on Friday, January 16.
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 12:00pm
Branch Closures
Barton, Binbrook, Carlisle, Concession, Freelton, Greensville, Locke, Lynden, Mount Hope, Parkdale, Stoney Creek, Waterdown and Valley Park Branches are closed All Day on Thursday, January 15, 2026 due to poor weather. Study Halls are open tonight with the exception of Waterdown and Valley Park Branches.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 12:00pm
Delayed Branch Openings
The following Branches open at 1pm: Ancaster, Dundas, Kenilworth, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Saltfleet, Westdale and Sherwood.
Extended Access is not available.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Delayed Opening
Central Library opens at Noon today, Thursday, January 15. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 7:00am
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton January 14, 2025.
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.
Published:
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 4:00pm
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
Waterdown Branch Accessible Door Out of Order
The accessibility door at Waterdown Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
Published:
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - 12:00pm
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
Roll of Honour - World War II
Mabee, Franklin Thos.
MacArtney, James Edw.
MacCallum, G.A.
MacDonald, Adam Joseph
MacDonald, Alex. Rennie
MacDonald, Chas. William
MacDonald, D.J.C.
Macdonald, John Angus
MacDonald, Wm. Arthur
MacDougall, Leo
Mace, Leonard Arthur
Maceyunas, Z.
MacFarlane, Duncan A.
MacIsaac, Alexander Donald
MacIver, Donald
MacIver, W.A.
Mack, G.E.
Mack, Michael W.
MacKay, George Ian
MacKenzie, Hugh Fraser
MacKeracher, Donald D.
Mackie, Wm. James
MacLachlan, Lauchlan John
MacLean, James D.
MacLean, William Alexander
MacLellan, John Neil
MacLennan, Colin Robinson
MacLeod, E.
MacLeod, J.T.
MacLeod, Norman K.
MacLoghlin, Edward Gregg.
MacMaster, Donald
MacPherson, Alex D.
MacRae, Jamie Duncan
Madaire, Wilfred Edward
Madden, J.H.
Maeder, Paul A.C.
Magdziasz, Joseph
Magee, Gerald
Magner, Paul L.
Magnussen, Elmer
Magrath, Douglas A.
Male, John F.
Maloney, Jos. Edw.
Maloney, W.F.P.
Mann, Victor
Manto, Harold Martin
Manton, Robert George
Mara, J.J.
Margeson, W.S.
Marlatt, Muir
Marlow, Arthur Herb. L.
Marquis, Robt. Oliver
Marr, Gordon
Marr, Lorne Andrew
Marsden, Kenneth R.
Marshall, John N.
Marston, Edward Albert
Martin, Albert Edw.
Martin, Arthur Joseph
Martin, Clifford MacKenzie
Martin, Franklyn
Martin, Geo.
Martin, Harold Stuart
Martin, Ivan Harold
Martin, J.
Martin, Lloyd
Martin, Richard Chas.
Martin, T.
Marziarz, Joseph
Mason, Chas. Richard
Massey, Robt. A.
Massicotte, A.
Matchett, Geo. Elwood
Matthews, George Frederick
Maude, Frederick
May, Geo. Alfred
McAllister, Earl Henry
McAndrew, Henry F.
McAteer, J.H.
McBride, Clarence W.
McCallum, Robt.
McCann, T.F.
McCann, William Daniel
McCarroll, Charles K.
McCarroll, Thos. Geo.
McCarthy, S.R.
McCartney, G.D.E.
McCaul, W.A.
McCay, G.G.
McChesney, Geo. Arthur
McClintock, Patrick Michael
McClughon, A.M.
McClung, Vernon F.
McComb, Roy Ernest
McComble, J.S.
McConachie, Roy Jas.
McConnell, Andrew J.
McConville, L.A.
McCormich, G.A.
McCormich, James Russell
McCourt, Hugh F.
McCowell, Leo D.
McCracken, Maxwell Joseph
McCrae, M.P.
McCrae, S.B.
McCulley, Robt.
McCulloch, Gordon S.
McCulloch, William James
McCutcheon, Hugh John
McDermott, Geo. Alfred
McDonald, Alexander Robert
McDonald, Francis Geo.
McDonald, John Swan
McDonald, Richard
McElheran, John A.
McElroy, George Joseph
McEwen, Mervin Clare
McFayden, Donald Alex.
McFie, J.
McGarrell, F.M.
McGarry, F.W.
McGee, Lawrence Edw.
McGivney, Raymond George
McGlade, J.M.
McGouey, J.P.
McGrath, Samuel James
McGregor, Arthur Robert
McGregor, James
McGregor, Malcolm Wm.
McIlwain, Donald M.
McIntee, Frederick Paul
McIntosh, John Archibald
McIntyre, Bruce
McIntyre, Donald Leslie
McIver, Bruce Gordon, D.F.C.
McIver, F.L.
McKay, Harry
McKay, Robt. J.
McKeen, Edward
McKellar, Donald A.
McKenzie, G.W.
McKeon, Wm. Allan
McKillop, Donald Neil
McKim, W.R.
McKinnon, S.A.
McLaren, J.C.
McLaren, John C.
McLaren, Nelson
McLaughlin, Thos. Chas.
McLea, John A.
McLeish, John Alex
McLena, Gordon Gillean
McLeod, Donald
McLeod, Ernest
McLeod, I.S.
McLeod, Norman
McMillan, R.S.
McMillan, Robert
McNamara, James
McParland, O.
McPhail, A.B.
McPherson, Ronald Dennis
McQueen, Donald Gord.
McQueen, Francis E.
McQueen, William Melvin, D.F.C.
McRae, William Gordon
McWade, John Robt.
Meehan, Robt. Paul
Meeks, Mike
Megson, Robert H.
Meilleur, G.
Meiners, Albert W.
Melrose, James Adam W.
Merpaw, William Leo
Merrick, George
Meyrick, William Charles
Michael, Evans Gerow
Michalski, B.
Middleton, Wm. Thos.
Millar, Robert William
Miller, Harry L.
Miller, Robert W.
Miller, Roy Clifford
Mills, Clive
Mills, W.A.
Miln, Robert Lyon
Minett, Harry
Mino, Harold
Misner, E.N.
Mitchell, Joseph
Mitchell, Rex Harris
Moe, R.M.
Moffat, William Howard
Moffitt, Eber Leslie
Mohrman, Basil F.
Molnar, Gregory
Monaco, Ernest Guiseppe
Montgomery, D.
Montgomery, George Franklin
Montgomery, Ralph Jos.
Moore, Stanley L.
Moran, Thos. Earl
Morgan, Bernard John
Morgan, James D.
Morgan, Lionel A.
Morgan, Ormand K.
Morgan, Patrick Bryan Joseph
Morgan, W.T.
Moriarity, Edw. Thomas
Morin, Jos. W.H.
Morrey, J.
Morris, Frederick Wm.
Morris, Kenneth Allen
Morris, W.L.
Morrison, R.L.
Morton, William Cuthbert
Mosley, Jim Wallace
Mowry, D.F
Moxley, James
Moyes, Lorne T.
Muise, Joseph Arthur
Mulholland, James
Mumford, Leonard K.
Munro, William George
Munroe, James Henry
Munson, David Olaf
Murphy, David
Murphy, J.F.
Murphy, R.J.
Murray, D.F.
Murray, D.M.
Murray, S.E.
Murray, Wm. Arnold
Mutch, Rod. C.
Myers, Henry Patrick
