Some libraries in Gloucestershire are equipped with sound systems to provide background music but Doreen Potts, a former Oxford University languages lecturer, is campaigning for the scheme to be abolished. The 76-year-old, of Woodmancote, Cheltenham, said she visited her local library in nearby Bishops Cleeve, to discover that music by the Sugababes was blaring out over its PA system. She told the Telegraph: "I was trying to choose a book but I just couldn't concentrate. That's how loud it was - the beat was just thumping away ... When homes are filled with pop music and youngsters walk around with their ears glued to iPods is it too much to ask for libraries to remain dedicated to reading?" But Potts is unlikely to get any joy. "Libraries are not just about books any more," said a spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Libraries Service.
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