The move by North Somerset Council will see £820,000 spent on refurbishing premises as well as extending library opening hours and updating IT systems.
The majority of the changes will be in place by July and it is hoped that £500,000 can be saved by 2018/19, with further savings to follow.
The council has taken decisions on the future of children's centre services in five areas so far. In two areas the children's centres will move into their local libraries, in a further area the library will be moved into the children's centre, and in another area children's centre will have a "library access point" added. One area will retain a separate library and children's centre.
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