The council plans involve setting up a mutual society, or trust, to run the library service, in conjunction with a community partnership for each branch.
If they are offically agreed next month, they'd be piloted by ten communities.
The advantage of mutual societies or trusts is that they have much more scope for raising money.
MP frustrated over Torbay Hospital funding
Conservative and Labour governments both blamed for under-investment
Plans for affordable homes on Exeter County Hall site
Step forward expected
Teenager jailed for train station rape
He also sexually assaulted a girl on a train
Anger over planned Plymouth road closure
Traffic would be diverted to congested Deep Lane Junction
Cyclist in serious condition following hit and run
Bovey Tracey road closed for several hours
Paignton shopping centre to become car park
'It has the potential for a catalytic regeneration development'
