:: Library Hours of Operation
Monday 4pm - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Sunday Closed

:: Your Library Staff
Sandi Hayes Library Director
Chriss Walters Circulation Librarian
Jodie Agar Circulation Librarian
Shari Rawlings Children's Librarian
Vicky Mercer Bookkeeper

:: Contact Us
By phone 217-763-5001
By FAX 217-763-5391
By Email sandih@rpls.lib.il.us

Hope Welty Public Library
100 S. Madison Ave
P.O. Box 260
Cerro Gordo, IL 61818


:: Our Online Services

Welcome to the Hope Welty Public Library

The mission of the Hope Welty Public Library District is to furnish public library service to all residents of the district; to extend library privileges to those living outside the district under such rules as may be set by the governing body of this library; to provide extra services to the citizens through membership in the Rolling Prairie Library System (a public library system established under Illinois State Law); to assemble, preserve, and administer, in organized collections, books and related educational and recreational material, in order to promote and stimulate knowledge, culture, and enjoyment for all people of the community.

New in May at the Library

  • Forbidden by Beverly Lewis
  • 20 Wishes by Debbie Macomber
  • Phantom Prey by John Sanford
  • Secrets by Jude Deveraux
  • Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
  • Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett
  • Escape From Andersonville by Gene Hackman
  • Secrets in the Shadows by V.C. Andrews
  • The Host by Stephanie Meyer
  • Escape by Robert Tanenbaum
  • The Front by Patricia Cornwell
  • Mercy Street by Mariah Stewart
  • Adventures of Slim & Howdy by Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn
  • Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
  • Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, et al by Stella Weller

Coming in June at the Library

SUMMER READING SIGN-UP AND KICK OFF WITH CULVER'S ICE CREAM 1pm-2pm, June 3 at the library!

  • Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
  • Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
  • Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels
  • Dark of Day by Barbara Parker
  • Death Angel by Linda Howard
  • No Choice but Seduction by Johanna Lindsey
  • Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell
  • Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
  • Resolution by Robert Parker
  • Rogue by Danielle Steel
  • Sail by James Patterson
  • Tailspin by Catherine Coulter