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Hampshire County Council is to raise its spend on library books by 17.5% this year following an internal review into its Library and Information Service (LIS).
The council's latest budget (for 2008–09) makes provision for an additional £350,000 for the purchase of new books for libraries across the county. This represents a 17.5% increase on the £2m Hampshire spent on library books last year.
The review, conducted by the council's culture and communities select committee, has recommended that the LIS increase its percentage spend on books, and asked it to revisit its controversial branding of town libraries as "discovery centres".