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The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN Archives. More Info

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How-To Video on Clipping and Sharing Video

June 22, 2010

The third in a series of “How To” videos has been released. This video illustrates how to clip, share, and embed video from the C-SPAN Video Library. Find the other previously released videos by searching How To Videos in this blog.


How to Create, Share, and Embed a Video Clip Using the C-SPAN Video Library on Howcast

Kagan hearings begin June 28

June 21, 2010

The confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court begin June 28. This will be the tenth Supreme Court justice confirmation hearing to be recorded and indexed in the Video Library. Every one is indexed with full text and speakers so that you can review questions asked of previous nominees.

There are a variety of ways to find them. You can search on the justices name and then narrow to Senate Committee by using the search limiter on the left hand side of the search results page. You can also type in Senate Judiciary Committee and the justices name in search box and you will find them.

Get ready for hearings by researching and watching past hearings.

Senator Byrd on Father’s Day

June 11, 2010

In this excerpt from the Senate floor in 2003, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) talks about his father, actually his uncle who raised him and how he remembers him. He also discusses the history of Father’s Day and reads two poems about fathers.

BookTV on C-SPAN

June 9, 2010

Every weekend C-SPAN2 features 48 hours of book programming. You can find all this programming easily by going to the Browse page and select BookTV. This allows you to browse all the BookTV programming. You can use the check boxes on the left-hand side to further narrow your search. Of course, you can always search by author name in the search box to see if C-SPAN has covered the particular book you are interested in. Don’t miss any BookTV programming – use the Video Library to watch.