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Mount Hope Branch: Filming

Filming is scheduled to take place on Homestead Drive on January 27 and 28. This may impact access to the Branch due to traffic delays and limited parking. Thank you for your patience.

Affected Branch:

Mount Hope Branch

Publish Date:

Monday, January 27, 2025 - 10:00am

Central Library - 4th Floor Closure, January 31st

Due to a special event set-up, the 4th Floor is closed on Friday, January 31st all day. The Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Study and work spaces are available on Floors 1-3. Thank you for your understanding.

Affected Branch:

Central Library

Publish Date:

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00am

Terryberry Accessible Washroom on the 1st Floor - Out of Order

The accessible washroom on the 1st floor of Terryberry library is unavailable.

Affected Branch:

Terryberry Branch

Nearest Branches:

Concession Branch

Turner Park Branch

Publish Date:

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 12:30pm

Junior Librarian-in-eResidence

Ainara Alleyne seated beside a pile of HPL books.

That's a wrap! Thanks to Ainara Alleyne, our first Junior Librarian in Residence for her time, energy and passion. Stay tuned for updates on how you can apply to be our next Junior Librarian in Residence.

Hamilton Public Library welcomed our first Junior Librarian-in-eResidence, Ainara Alleyne from January 2021 to December 2021. She is a Grade 6 student who loves to read and recommend books that celebrate diversity and culture through characters and themes.

Looking for school age reader recommendations? Complete the Which Book Next online form to receive Librarian approved print and/or digital materials. With over 67 hand-selected fiction and non-fiction titles, there’s a variety of books or eBooks for children and teens.

The achievements of Viola Desmond — the woman who appears on our $10 — is cause for celebration. Ainara explains why in this video. Learn more about Viola in this Discover at Home activity page.

Watch CBC's The National recent interview with the avid reader, at HPL's Turner Park Branch.
Ainara discusses how her love of reading has evolved and shaped her reading choices.

Learn more about Ainara in a recent CBC News article.

2021 Just One Wish Kindness Award Recipient Ania, HPLs Junior Librarian in Residence holding her award

Congratulations to our 2021 Junior Librarian-in-eResidence, Ainara, who received a 2021 Just One Wish Kindness Award. The award recognizes Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board students age 4-18 who show kindness to themselves, peers, and the community.

Ainara, 12, is notable for creating Ainara’s Bookshelf on Instagram. Her mission: to find, read, recommend and celebrate books featuring diverse characters. Since January 2021 she has been doing the same as HPL’s Junior Librarian-in-eResidence.