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, Saturday October 12. 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
Printing is available at Ancaster, Barton, Central, Concession, Dundas, Locke, Kenilworth, Mount Hope, Parkdale, Saltfeet, Sherwood, Stoney Creek, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park, Waterdown, and Westdale branches.
Photocopying is available at all branches except for Central Library and the Terryberry, Concession, and Dundas branches. Scanning is not yet available.
Computers are available at Central Library, and the Barton, Red Hill, Sherwood, and Turner Park Branches.

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.

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Publish Date:

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 8:00am

Notices

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Thanksgiving Closure - All Branches

All Branches are closed on Sunday, October 13, and Thanksgiving Monday, October 14. Bookmobile, Extended Access, and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, October 15. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca.

www.hpl.ca/hours

Publish Date:

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 1:00pm

Terryberry Branch - Parking Lot Access

Due to construction, east exit lanes of the parking lot are not available until October 23. Entry and exit are only through the Mohawk Road side at this time. Thank you for your patience.

Affected Branch:

Terryberry Branch

Publish Date:

Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 9:00am

The Sadies and the Good Brothers

February 6, 2015 at Central Library

The Sadies and the Good Brothers joined The Good Family, for a rare and intimate concert experience. In the tradition of “In the Round”, the band members shared stories about their songs and experiences as part of the musical performance.

The Good Family have been called "Canada's answer to the legendary Carter Family". Made up of Bruce and Larry Good (The Good Brothers),Travis and Dallas Good (The Sadies), Margaret Good, D'Arcy Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky of The Sadies and the rhythm section and the heart and soul of The Good Family band.