C-SPAN

==Other services==
[[File:C-SPAN Bus 2012.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.35|C-SPAN Digital Bus, which tours the U.S. educating the public about C-SPAN resources]]
C-SPAN offers a number of public services related to the network's public affairs programming. C-SPAN Classroom, a free membership service for teachers, began in July 1987 and offers help using C-SPAN resources for classes or research.<ref name="TWP"/> The [[C-SPAN School Bus]], introduced in November 1993, traveled around the U.S. educating the public about government and politics using C-SPAN resources, and served as a mobile television studio. The bus also recorded video footage of the places that it visited.<ref name=Schlosse>{{cite news |title=C-SPAN Carries Political Lessons Across Highways |first=Jim|last=Schlosse |newspaper=[[News & Record]] |location=Guilford County, North Carolina |page=B1 |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3SD5-VXD0-0094-942S&csi=144567&oc=00240&perma=true |date=March 9, 1995 |access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> A second bus was introduced in 1996. The two original buses were retired in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=C – SPAN Launches New C – SPAN Digital Bus and C – SPAN Local Content Vehicle |url=http://www.c-span.org/pdf/BusLCV_060810.pdf |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=September 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610000414/http://www.c-span.org/pdf/BusLCV_060810.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2013 }}</ref> and the C-SPAN Digital Bus was inaugurated, introducing the public to C-SPAN's enhanced digital products.<ref name=Shayon>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2010/06/22/Foursquare-CSPAN-Digital-Bus.aspx |title=Foursquare Checks into Politics With C-SPAN |first=Sheila |last=Shayon |date=June 22, 2010 |work=Brandchannel.com |publisher=Brandchannel |access-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920034257/http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2010/06/22/Foursquare-CSPAN-Digital-Bus.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> C-SPAN has also equipped six Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) to travel the country and record unique political and historical stories, with each vehicle containing production and web-based technologies to produce on-the-spot content.<ref name=Tucker>{{cite news |title=How C-SPAN Manages A Cross-Country Fleet |first=Joanne|last=Tucker |url=http://www.businessfleet.com/article/story/2013/07/how-c-span-manages-a-cross-country-fleet.aspx?prestitial=1 |newspaper=Business Fleet |date=July 2013 |access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Rothstein13>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/c-span-second-fleet-local-content-vehicles_b98692 |title=C-SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles |first=Betsy |last=Rothstein |date=March 12, 2013 |work=mediabistro.com |access-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329080251/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/c-span-second-fleet-local-content-vehicles_b98692 |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

C-SPAN has published ten books based on its programming; these contain original material and text taken from interview transcripts. The first C-SPAN book, ''C-SPAN: America's Town Hall'', was published in 1988.<ref name="Shales"/> Other C-SPAN books include: ''Gavel to Gavel: A C-SPAN Guide to Congress'';<ref name=GavelBook>{{cite book |title=Gavel to Gavel: A C-SPAN Guide to Congress |author=C-SPAN |year=1999 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=0-8018-6111-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZAiAAAACAAJ |access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?'', a guide to the grave sites of U.S. presidents;<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? |first=Brian|last=Lamb |author-link=Brian Lamb |author2=C-SPAN staff |year=2010 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1-58648-869-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vq3Yul3zspcC}}</ref> ''Abraham Lincoln - Great American Historians On Our Sixteenth President'', a collection of essays based on C-SPAN interviews with American historians;<ref>{{cite book |title=Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President |editor1-last=Lamb |editor1-first=Brian |editor1-link=Brian Lamb |editor2-last=Swain |editor2-first=Susan |year=2010 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1-58648-774-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esP8jd0x9icC}}</ref> and ''The Supreme Court'', which features biographies and interviews with past Supreme Court judges together with commentary from legal experts.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Supreme Court: A C-SPAN Book, Featuring the Justices in their Own Words |editor1-last=Lamb |editor1-first=Brian |editor1-link=Brian Lamb |editor2-last=Swain |editor2-first=Susan |editor3-last=Farkas |editor3-first=Mark |year=2011 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1-58648-835-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zoiQTCCaVUC }}</ref> Five books have been drawn from the former ''Booknotes'' program: ''Booknotes: Life Stories'';<ref name=Biffle>{{cite news |title=The Last Author of One Last Book For One Final Hour |first=Tony|last=Biffle |newspaper=[[The Sun Herald]] |location=Biloxi, Mississippi |page=B11 |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4H1T-JKP0-0190-K3XX&csi=247810&oc=00240&perma=true |date=December 5, 2004 |access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> ''Booknotes: On American Character'';<ref name=LambBooknotes2005>{{cite book |title=Booknotes: On American Character |first=Brian|last=Lamb |author-link=Brian Lamb |year=2005 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=1-58648-342-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/booknotesonameri00lamb |url-access=registration |quote=Booknotes: On AMerican Character. |access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Booknotes: Stories from American History'';<ref name=LambBooknotes2001>{{cite book |title=Booknotes: Stories from American History |first=Brian|last=Lamb |author-link=Brian Lamb |year=2001 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=1-58648-083-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/booknotesstories00lamb |url-access=registration |quote=Booknotes: Stories from American History. |access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing and the Power of Ideas'', the latter a compilation of short monologues taken from the transcripts of Lamb's interviews;<ref name=Heltzel/> and a companion book to the series on Tocqueville, ''Traveling Tocqueville's America: A Tour Book''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Traveling Tocqueville's America: A Tour Book |author=C-SPAN |year=1998 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |isbn=0-8018-5966-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/travelingtocquev0000unse}}</ref>