Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications. Thank you for your patience.
Monday, September 15
Tuesday, September 16
Wednesday, September 17
Thursday, September 18
To avoid a replacement or lost fee, please return library materials due October 1st or later within 28 days. Replacement fees are intended to encourage Members to return items on a timely basis so everyone in the community can enjoy them.
From Thursday, September 11, until 5 am on Monday, September 15, road closures for SuperCrawl will be in effect in and around James Street North from King to Wilson/York to Cannon to Barton Street. Additional closures will take place on King William, Rebecca, Vine, Mulberry, Colbourne and Murray Streets. If you are planning to visit Central Library over the next few days, we suggest taking HSR for a convenient route to downtown Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/central
Central Library's Fourth Floor is closed on Tuesday, September 16, from Noon to 6 pm due to a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available as study and work spaces. www.hpl.ca/central
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 10. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. On August 28-29, there may be some noise disruptions and limited parking spots while the roof repair set-up begins. Thank you for your patience.
The library strives to maintain strong physical collections while growing or providing access to content that reflects the increasing demand for information, books, music and videos in digital formats.
The Library continually identifies items from its collections for discard based upon the following criteria:
Once an item has been identified for possible deselection based on the criteria above, the process of determining if an item still deserves a place in the library’s collection begins. Retention is based on the following criteria:
Items withdrawn from the collection are placed on sale annually or shipped to a reseller.
Material added to the Local History & Archives collection shall be held until such time as it is deemed no longer relevant and is de-accessioned. All information pertaining to the de-accessioning and disposition of material will be retained in the Archives' records.
Physical access to items will not be restricted except for the express purpose of protecting an item from damage or theft. Library customers of all ages shall have open access to all the Library’s collections with the following exceptions:
The Hamilton Public Library Board recognizes the important value of the interlibrary loan service to compliment HPL’s collections. HPL actively participates in resource sharing for the benefit of library customers across Ontario and Canada and to provide Hamilton Public Library customers with efficient access to information and materials not held in the HPL. Interlibrary loans are limited to those items that the library might not be expected to own. HPL does not depend upon another library to supply the normal needs of our customers. Customers have the option of requesting a “No Charge loan”. However, when the lending institution has charges to apply, customers must agree to pay up to $25 in charges when they place the request. If the charge will exceed $25 the customer will be contacted. If an HPL customer loses an item borrowed from another library on their behalf they are responsible for all replacement charges from the lending institution.
November 2019
