Don't have a library card or special pass? Downtown branch will turn you away

Visitors to the Hamilton Central branch will be required to present their library cards or special temporary passes to be ...

Hamilton Public Library looks to check cards, screen visitors at Central branch as drug concerns persist

The Hamilton Public Library is pitching a new check-in system at Central branch after months of struggling to stop people ...
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Library card required to enter Hamilton’s Central Library starting March 16

A big change is coming to Hamilton Central Library. Starting March 16, visitors will need a library card just to enter the ...
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Hamilton Public Library board votes to require library card for central branch entry

Starting Monday, residents will need to bring a library card to get into Hamilton’s Central library branch. The Hamilton public library board voted Wednesday in favour of a two month plan to limit ...

‘Risk is now’: Hamilton library board backs card-check pilot

Temporary entry rule for the Central Branch aims to tackle drug use and overdoses while critics warn it undermines open access ...

No library card, no entry: Amid safety concerns, new check-in protocol proposed for Central Library

The “entry check-in protocol” would run from March 16 to May 17. The Hamilton Public Library (HPL) could soon require users ...