More than 1,700 people have signed a petition opposing County Hall's plans to get volunteers to run village libraries.
Campaigners in Rothley and Mountsorrel are fighting Leicestershire County Council's cost-cutting proposals.
The council is seeking to offload 36 libraries to parish councils or community groups and has warned they could close if nobody comes forward to take them on.
Thousands of people have signed petitions against the idea.
The petition collected in Rothley and Mountsorrel was handed in to county council officials at a meeting at Mountsorrel library this week, ahead of the end of the consultation process, on Monday.
Labour Charnwood borough councillor and Rothley resident Sarah Maynard-Smith, who is leading the campaign, said: "People are very angry about this.
"There is very little appetite in the villages for volunteers or the parish council to take the libraries on.
"It would be too much of a commitment both in terms of finance and time.
"The county council is trying to get out of its responsibility to run libraries by saying it offered to let villagers run them. They know that is not what people want.
"They are absolving themselves of responsibility for this and will blame residents for not stepping forward."
The county council's cabinet member for libraries, Councillor Richard Blunt, said: "We are still very keen to hear from people before Monday's deadline on what they think about our proposals for the future of their libraries.
"I know people value their libraries and want them to continue as community hubs.
"A number of groups are already looking into how they could manage libraries and we are keen to work with them."
The council said it wanted to save £800,000 a year from its £5.6 million libraries budget.
It is proposing to reduce opening hours at the 16 most-used libraries.
In total, 2,000 people have responded to the consultation, with 1,400 people attending a series of public meetings at the affected libraries.
The consultation results will be considered by the cabinet in September.
To take part in the consultation, visit:
www.leics.gov.uk/haveyoursay/ futurelibraries
