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YOU'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE
VIDEO LIBRARY.
TELL US ABOUT IT?
THANKS, LIB BISM IT'S AN
EXCITING AND HISTORIC CALL DAY
IN C-SPAN'S HISTORY.
I'LL TAKE YOU BACK JUST FOR A
SECOND WITH HOW THIS IS GOING TO
BE DEVELOPING.
THE CABLE INDUSTRY CREATED
C-SPAN AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BACK
IN 1979.
IN 1986, THEY LAUNCHED C-SPAN 2
FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT IN DECEMBER
OF 1987, C-SPAN BEGAN A FACILITY
IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH PURDUE
UNIVERSITY.
ABOUT A DECADE LATER, WE TOOK
TOTAL CONTROL OF A FACILITY THAT
BEGAN TO ARCHIVE AND RECORD
PROGRAMMING.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE
PROCEEDINGS, THE HEARINGS, THE
SPEECHES, EVERYTHING YOU'VE COME
TO KNOW FROM C-SPAN.
OVER THAT TIME, IT'S DEVELOPED
INTO QUITE A LARGE ARCHIVE.
WE INITIALLY SOLD VIDEOTAPES AND
THEN D.V.D.'S.
AS THE INTERNET GREW AND
EXPANDED, WE BEGAN STREAMING A
LOT OF THAT VIDEO.
THERE'S A TEAM OUT IN INDIANA
LED BY DR. ROBERT BROWNING AND
10 ARCHIVIST WHO OVER THE LAST
FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZING
THESE ARCHIVES.
CONTENT STARTING FROM THE EARLY
DAYS IN 1987.
TODAY WE'RE ANNOUNCE HAG THE
ENTIRE ARCHIVE IS AVAILABLE FOR
STREAMING.
IT'S FULLY SEARCHABLE.
IT'S A RESOURCE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO USE IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO INVITING OUR
AUDIENCE TO BROWSE THROUGH THE
ARKIFES, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
LIBRARY AND USE IT IN A MYRIAD
OF WAYS THAT THEY'LL FIND IT
AVAILABLE.
IT?
SURE.
IT.
THE EASIEST WAY IS TO GO TO
CSPAN.ORG, AND IN THE RIGHT-HAND
CORNER, YOU'LL FIND A LINK.
CLICK ON THAT LINK, GO TO THE
VIDEO LIBRARY.
YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU CAN EASILY
FIND LOTS OF INFORMATION.
THERE'S WAYS OF GOING INTO THE
LIBRARY AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S
BEEN MOST VIEWED.
YOU CAN SEE RECENT PROGRAMS.
YOU CAN SEE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SHARING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS,
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S A SIMPLE
ICON THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON TO GO
TO THE VIDEO.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IN THE
TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THAT
PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A BLOG
WITH LOTS OF POSTINGS ON HOW TO
USE THE LIBRARY.
WE THINK ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS
FOR PEOPLE TO DO IT IS TO DO
PERSONAL SEARCHES.
THERE'S BEEN 115,000 DIFFERENT
PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPEARED ON
C-SPAN DURING THAT TIME.
TO FIND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, YOU
SIMPLY CAN GO TO THE VIDEO
LIBRARY AND TYPE IN THEIR NAME.
CLEARLY, PRESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, EVERYONE'S IN THERE.
ONE SEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE IS IF
YOU WANT TO SEARCH FOR SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES, ALL THE
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SINCE 1987
ARE IN THERE.
SAY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE
CHIEF JUSTICE.
YOU CAN TYPE IN JOHN ROBERTS AND
CLICK THERE.
UP COMES THE BIOPAGE FOR THAT
PERSON.
EACH OF THE 115 PEOPLE HAVE A
BIOPAGE LIKE THAT.
YOU'LL SEE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS
HISTORY.
YOU CAN GO TO THAT AND HE MADE A
SPEECH THIS WEEK, OR LAST WEEK
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
THAT MADE SOME NEWS WHERE HE
TALKED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE
UNION.
YOU CAN GO TO THAT CLIP, CLICK
ON IT, AND DO WHAT'S CALLED A
TEXT SEARCH.
SO MAYBE YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED
IN WATCHING THE ENTIRE SPEECH
FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE, BUT YOU
DO WANT TO SEE WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
SPEECHES.
YOU CAN SEARCH IN THE TRANSCRIPT
AND TYPE IN "UNION," AND UP WILL
COME IN THE TRANSCRIPT WHERE
THAT SPECIFIC QUOTE IS IN THE
SPEECH.
YOU CAN THEN CLIP THAT.
YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN HOW
YOU CAN FIND THAT EXACT QUOTE,
MOVE THE LITTLE -- SLIDE THOSE
LITTLE BARS ACROSS AND CLIP THE
EXACT FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT
YOU WANT.
WHAT WE THINK IS REALLY POWERFUL
AND A LOT OF FUN WITH THIS IS
YOU CAN TAKE THAT CLIP AND SHARE
IT IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
YOU CAN IMBED THAT CLIP IN YOUR
BLOG.
YOU CAN SHARE IT VIA E-MAIL.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU CAN SHARE
IT TO FACEBOOK, YOU CAN TWEET
THAT CLIP OUT.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
FANS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PROGRAMMING TO COME IN, FIND
WHAT THEY THINK IS VALUABLE AND
RELEVANT, IMPORTANT FOR THEM,
SOMETHING THAT HELPS DRIVE HOME
A POINT THAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING
FOR, PULL THAT CLIP AND SHARE IT
WITH THEIR AUDIENCE.
WHO IS IT GEARED TOWARDS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY EDUCATORS, HISTORIANS,
PEOPLE VERY INVOLVED IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.
CERTAINLY STUDENTS WITH USE THE
VIDEO LIBRARY.
WE'RE FINDING THAT -- WE GOT
SOME BLOGS YESTERDAY FROM JAZZ
AFICIONADOS, WHO WROTE IN A BLOG
THE LAST THING THEY EXPECTED TO
FIND ON C-SPAN WAS A LOT OF GOOD
INFORMATION ABOUT JAZZ.
BUT THEY FOUND IN THE LIBRARY
CLIPS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT --
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TALKING
ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE JAZZ.
OR TALKING ABOUT JAZZ AT THE
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AND HOW
JAZZ.
CERTAINLY PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
ISSUES OF THE DAY WITH USE IT.
FOR INSTANCE, HEALTH CARE HAS
BEEN SUCH A BIG ISSUE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE HEALTH CARE
PROCESS, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET
THE MOST UP TO INDICT STUFF, YOU
CAN FIND THE MARK-UP PROCEEDING
FROM THIS WEEK.
IF THERE ARE 880 HOURS OF
CONTENT RELATED TO HEALTH CARE
DEBATE AND DISCUSSION SINCE
OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT IN
JANUARY OF 2009 IN THE LIBRARY.
SO YOU WANT TO SEE THIS WEEK'S
MARK-UP, YOU WANT TO SEE
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE
ADDRESSES THE JOINT SESSION OF
CONGRESS.
THOSE THINGS ARE ALL EASILY
SEARCHABLE ON THERE.
SO A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE FOR
PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF
THE DAY.
HOW ABOUT HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE?
HEALTH CARE IS A VERY
GOOD EXAMPLE TO FIND THAT.
MANY PEOPLE ARE REFERRING BACK
TO THE 1990'S WHEN THE CLINTONS
PURSUED HEALTH CARE, AND WE'VE
GOT A FUN CLIP, I THINK, FROM
1993 AND THAT DISCUSSION.
THE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM.
I DO SHARE HIS INTENTION TO MAKE
THE DEBATE AND THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS AS EXCITING AS POSSIBLE.
I'M SURE YOU WILL, MR.
HARVEY.
WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
[LAUGHTER]
PETER KILEY, TONIGHT'S
C-SPAN WILL BE COUGHING THE TV
RADIO CORRESPONDENT DINNER.
ARE LIGHT-HEARTED MOMENTS
CAPTURED IN THE VIDEO LIBRARY
TOO?
WE THINK THEY ARE.
ONE OF THE TIMES WHERE THERE ARE
A LOT OF LIGHT-HEARTED MOMENTS
ARE IN THE BIG SOCIAL DINNERS IN
WASHINGTON THAT WE COVER.
THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT,
WHERE BIG-NAME COMEDIANS
SPEECHES.
THE POLITICAL ACTORS IN THIS
TOWN MAKE SPEECHES THAT ARE
OFTENTIMES FUNNY.
WE HAVE ONE CLIP FROM THAT THAT
WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU.
(music) TELL ME WHAT IS YOUR NAME
M.C. ROVE
HE'S RAPPING AND CHILLING
AND SHOWING HIS JOB
HE WILL DO IT
WITHOUT FAIL
GET OUT HIS GUN
BECAUSE HE'S SHOOTING QUAIL
THIS MAN WILL NEVER STOP
LOOK AT HIM JUMPLING UP AND DOWN
READY TO HOP IT'S TELL ME YOU
NEVER
SAW THIS MAN MOVE
DOING THE DANCE
THE THE KARL ROVE DANCE (music)(music)
THERE'S A SPECIAL SECTION
WITHIN THE VIDEO LIBRARY FOR
TRACKING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
YOU GO TO THE VIDEO LIBRARY AND
UP ON THE TOP BAR YOU'LL FIND A
BUTTON THAT SAYS CONGRESS.
YOU CAN TRACK YOUR MEMBER OR
EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT ON THERE,
YOU'LL FIND THAT IT LISTS THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN THE MOST
ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE OR YOU CAN SEPARATE IT BY
SENATE.
YOU CAN WATCH FOR INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
YOU'LL FIND NOT ONLY THEIR
BIOPAGE, BUT A TREMENDOUS RECORD
TAKEN FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD OF CONGRESS.
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ITSELF
CAN BE CHANGED SLIGHTLY, UPDATED
AS IT GETS UPDATED.
THIS RECORD THAT YOU CAN FIND ON
C-SPAN IS THE EXACT PROCEEDING
OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS HOUSE
OR SENATE FLOOR.
HOW IS THIS FUNDED AND
WHAT'S THE COST, AND WHY DO
THIS?
THE IMPORTANT THING FOR
THE VIEWER AND THE USER OF THE
C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY IS IT'S
COMPLETELY FREE TO THEM.
THE CABLE INDUSTRY MADE THE
COMMITMENT BACK IN THE LATE
CHANNEL.
IT GREW TO THREE CHANNELS.
NOW IT'S DEVELOPING WITH THE
GROWTH OF BROADBAND AND VIDEO
ONLINE.
THE CABLE INDUSTRY AGREED WITH
US THAT IT'S A RESOURCE THAT
SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRACY.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE
INDUSTRY GREAT PRIDE IN ALLOWING
US AND ENCOURAGING US, IN FACT,
TO MAKE THIS KIND OF CONTENT
AVAILABLE TO AS WIDE AN AUDIENCE
AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT AS
SEARCHABLE AND USER FRIENDLY AS
WE CAN, TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS.
IF YOU WERE READING THE
NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING, YOU MAY
OF PAPERS.
TELL US ABOUT THE AD AND THE
BLOG FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE.
UNUSUAL FOR C-SPAN, WE
TOOK OUT ADS IN SEVERAL MAJOR
NEWSPAPERS TODAY, FULL-PAGE ADS
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF THE
VIDEO LIBRARY.
WITHIN IT YOU'LL SEE DOZENS OF
PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
APPEARED ON THE NETWORK OVER THE
YEARS THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN
ARCHIVING CONTENT.
IF YOU'LL GO TO
CSPANVIDEOLIBRARY.ORG AND SEE
THE BLOG POSTING UP AT THE TOP,
YOU CAN CLICK AND SEE THAT AD
AND PLAY AN INTERACTIVE GAME AND
SEE IF YOU CAN NAME ALL THOSE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE
LIBRARY.
THE BLOG WILL HELP YOU WITH A
LOT OF RESOURCES.
PETER KILEY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US A