October 5, 2018

C-SPAN research conference to provide insight into mining video archives

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Faculty, staff and students can learn to tap into C-SPAN’s 245,000-hour video archive at an Oct. 21-23 conference featuring hands-on learning and accounts by experienced users nationwide.

"It's ideal for research of any kind," says Connie Doebele, managing director of the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement, which is hosting the conference. "In addition to being a research tool, video segments can be captured into a user's free account, ready with a click to show to classes, conferences, board members or even the family."

The topic for the 2018 CCSE Research Conference is “Congressional Elections and the Trump Presidency.” The conference organizer is Robert X. Browning, faculty director of the center, C-SPAN Archives director and professor of political science and communication at Purdue. Events will take place mostly at Stewart Center. In addition, the conference will include a tour of the C-SPAN Archives, which are housed in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette. There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is requested.

The keynote speaker will be Andrew Kaczynski, senior editor and founding member of CNN’s Kfile investigative unit, who will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 in Krannert Building’s Krannert Auditorium (Room 140) on his experiences researching in the C-SPAN archives and with other video sources. The speech is free and open to the public.

Conference attendees will learn to use the C-SPAN Video Library through a demonstration/training session and a practice session.

Nine panel presenters from across the country, selected by a committee of faculty from Purdue’s Brian Lamb School of Communication and Department of Political Science, will show how they used C-SPAN video to produce research outcomes on various issues including immigration, the judiciary, congressional debates and presidential news conferences. Their research will be gathered into a companion book to be published by Purdue University Press.

All C-SPAN video since 1987 is archived, digitized and available online for searching and streaming from this library.

Video instructions on how to use the multilayered filters on the powerful search engine will be available on a flash drive for conferees and are online for everyone here.

A complete agenda is available here. The first 20 to register will receive a free copy of "Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda."

Contacts: Connie Doebele, 765-496-1706, cdoebele@purdue.edu

Robert X. Browning, 765-494-4178, rxb@purdue.edu

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