Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused.
Sunday Hours will continue at Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused
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 – R
Railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco. Boston Plan. To complete, In Two Years, The Telegraph, from San Francisco to St. Louis, Memphis, and Chicago, and to all other parts of the United States. And to complete this Rail Road Communication in Four Years.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1849
[24]
vol. 9 #7
mf #863
Rapport du Comite de L'Eau, soumettant les Rapports des Ingenieurs sur les Nouveaux Aqueducs de Montreal
Montreal: John Lovell, 1854
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vol. 1 #8
mf #844
Reality Versus Fiction. A Review of a Pamphlet Published at Charleston, S.C., entitled "The Union, Past and Future, How It Works And How To Save It." Now Answered by a Citizen of Boston.
Boston: Redding & Co., 1850
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vol. 3 #23
mf #846
Robb, James
Agricultural Progress. An Outline of the Course of Improvement in Agriculture considered as a business, an art, and a science, with special reference to New Brunswick By James Robb, M.D. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, King’s College, Fredericton. Printed for the New Brunswick Society for the encouragement of Agriculture, Home Manufactures, and Commerce
Fredericton: J. Simpson, 1856
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vol. 3 #2
mf #846
Robb, James
Collegiate Education. An Oration delivered at The Encaenia in King’s College, Fredericton, June 26, 1856 by J. Robb, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, Corresponding Member of the American Academy of Sciences, of the Boston Natural History Society, &c.
Fredericton: J. Simpson, 1856
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vol. 3 #5
mf #846
Robb, James
Oration Delivered at The Encaenia in King’s College Fredericton, June 24, 1852 by J. Robb, M.D. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, Corresponding Member of the American Academy of Sciences, of the Boston Natural History Society, &c. Published by request of the College Council
Fredericton: John Simpson, 1852
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vol. 3 #6
mf #846
Robb, James
Oration Delivered at The Encaenia in King’s College Fredericton, June 28, 1849 by J. Robb, M.D. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History Published by request of the College Council
Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850
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vol. 3 #7
mf #846
Rochester and Corning railroad
Report of Charles B. Stuart, Civil Engineer, on the Rochester and Corning Rail Road, May 1, 1847
Rochester: Press of Jerome & Brother, Daily American Office, 1848
[15 +illus.]
vol. 9 #3
mf #863
