:: 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
Jill Dodson Circulation Librarian
Shari Rawlings Children's Librarian
Vicki 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.

We now have a list of available AR books to check out at the library.  Just click here!

Read our blog at http://hopeweltylibrary.blogspot.com/

Watch for upcoming movie events at the library.

TAG (Teen Advisory Group) for 6th grade and up meets every other Tuesday at the library from 4-5 pm.  Next meeting Nov. 18th.


New in November at the Library

  • Arctic Drift by Dirk Cussler
  • Cross Country by James Patterson
  • Just After Sunset by Stephen King
  • Leaving Whiskey Bend by Dorothy Garlock
  • McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
  • Salvation in Death by J.D Robb
  • Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown
  • Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
  • Sorting Out Your Finances for Dummies
  • Against Medical Advice by James Patterson
  • Place Names of Illinois
  • Texas Sunrise by Elmer Kelton
  • Divine Justice by David Baldacci
  • The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
  • Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Sinner by Ted Dekker
  • My Little Girl by Tim McGraw
  • What is God Like by Beverly Lewis
  • The Boy Who Went Ape by Richard Jesse Watson
  • The Dirtiest Hair in the World by Bob McAllen
  • Tinker Bell dvd
  • Young @ Heart dvd
  • Kit Kitterdge dvd
  • Fireproof by Eric Wilson
  • The Obama Nation by Jerome R. Corsi
  • Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

Coming in December at the Library

  • Cruel Intent by JA Jance
  • Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag
  • Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
  • Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
  • Show No Fear by Peter O'Shaugnessy
  • Treasure by Iris Johansen
  • While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky
  • Associate by John Grisham
  • Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
  • Sabrina by Lori Wick
  • The Mermaid in the Basement by Gilbert Morris
  • The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton
  • Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
  • When Will There be Good News by Kate Atkinson
  • Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark
  • Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian dvd
  • The Dark Knight dvd
  • Mama Mia dvd
  • Wall-E dvd
  • Barbie in A Christmas Carol dvd