Equipment, Tapes Given to Libraries

A local cable television company and the Arts & Entertainment cable network have donated televisions, videotape recorders and videotapes to two San Fernando Valley libraries, part of a national campaign to increase library video collections.

The equipment was given to the Los Angeles Public Library branches in Canoga Park and Granada Hills by the network and Chatsworth-based Cablevision Industries. The equipment is intended to start the library’s collection of educational videos, Cablevision Executive Vice President Tom Belcher said.

“By introducing quality adaptations of great works on video, the library can now offer its members an expanded view of the world, and stimulate young readers to explore the infinite possibilities that books offer,” Belcher said.

Also donated were books to accompany the six videotapes, which include film versions of “Jane Eyre” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”