Victoria Day Closure
All HPL branches are closed Monday, May 20 for the Victoria Day Holiday. Bookmobile Service and Study Halls are unavailable. Regular service hours resume Tuesday, May 21.
Barton Branch - Accessible washroom out of order.
Accessible washroom at Barton Branch is currently out of order.
Central Library - Fire Training Drill
An unscheduled fire drill will take place in May during regular service hours at Central Library. Thank you for your understanding in advance.
Dundas and Turner Park Branches - Period Promise Campaign
Menstruation product donations can be dropped off at Dundas and Turner Park branches until May 31. For more information, please visit www.uwhh.ca/periodpromise.
Requesting Items
If an item you want to borrow is currently not available, you can reserve it by placing a hold. You can place a hold on most items using our online catalogue, by phone or at any library branch.
See our Borrowing FAQs for more information on placing a hold.
If the item you are looking for is not in the HPL catalogue, you can ask us to consider adding it to our collection by filling out the Suggest for Purchase form. Alternatively, you can request a book from library systems outside of HPL with our ILLO Request Form.