Central Library - Supercrawl Temporary Road Closures
If you are planning to visit Central Library, please take into account the following temporary road closures and consider taking HSR or other forms of transit.
Thursday, September 12 at 7 pm until Monday, September 16 at 5 am: York Boulevard, Bay Street to Hughson Street
Thursday, September 12 at 1:30 am until Monday, September 16 at 5 am: James Street North, King Street to Strachan Street
Sherwood Branch - Parking Lot Access
Starting Thursday, September 5th, the rear parking lot at the Sherwood Branch will be closed due to repaving. Accessible parking spaces at the branch will be unavailable. Members may park at the neighboring plaza where spots are available during the closure.
The accessible ramp at the front of the branch (Upper Ottawa Street) and the drop box at the rear will both remain available.
Thank you for your patience.
Terryberry Branch: Open with Modified Hours During Construction
From September 3 - 15, the Terryberry Branch will be OPEN with modified service hours due to construction.
Monday - Thursday: 5 - 8 pm
Study Hall: 8 pm - Midnight (resumes September 3)
Friday, September 6 and 13: Closed
Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm
Regular service hours return on Monday, September 16 as construction continues.
The parking lot, including accessible spots, will remain available.
Members may visit the Concession and Turner Park Branches as their next nearest locations for their library needs.
City-Wide Outage, Library Service Impacted
HPL is recovering from the City of Hamilton's cybersecurity-related outage, which began Sunday February 25 and continues today, Wednesday September 11. Learn more.
- Access is restored to the catalogue
- The HPL App is back online
- Online eResources are available
- Libby/OverDrive Holds can now be placed
- Access partner libraries' (Burlington, London, Kingston, Mississauga and Ottawa) digital collections
- Public Wi-Fi is available at most branches except the Ancaster Branch
- Some Makerspace services are available at select locations
- Automatic check-ins are operating
- Website log-in is available
- USB printing is available at Central Library and at the Ancaster, Barton, Red Hill, Terryberry, Kenilworth, Westdale, Valley Park, Saltfleet, Dundas, Stoney Creek, Turner Park and Waterdown branches.
Self-check kiosks, public computers and scanning are not available. Extended Access is cancelled at this time.
Staff are available by phone at 289-779-7588, chat at hpl.ca, and email at askus@hpl.ca. Branches are open. Check hpl.ca/events for program updates. Thank you for your patience.
