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 selling or using drugs inside. If approved by the board at a meeting Wednesday ...

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 to show their library card in order to enter its downtown branch, amid ...
The Hamilton Spectator

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

The Hamilton Public Library will follow through with a temporary plan to allow only card-carrying members to enter the downtown branch amid concerns over drug activity despite union opposition to the ...
WLWT

Patrons report string of thefts at Hamilton library

Police are investigating a string of thefts at a Hamilton library. Patrons have reported thefts of purses, cash, laptop computers and other items while they studied or browsed at Lane Library. "I got ...