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Libraries face job cull

Library services across the country are predicting 1,100 job cuts and £22.5m of cuts over the next year, a survey claims.

Library services across the country are predicting 1,100 job cuts and £22.5m of cuts over the next year, a survey claims.

A report by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), issued on 4 December, reveals that 60% of town halls have already made reductions in library staff numbers or expect to make cuts in 2013/14.

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