Our collection includes video recordings produced

• by local news stations
• by government agencies and nonprofit groups (such as the local police department and Bat Conservation International)
• for pure entertainment by local individuals or groups

Government Videos

• Videos from Channel 6 or ATXN, the City of Austin government access channel, are preserved. 
• A full inventory of the Channel 6/ATXN recordings is available. Some of the recordings are:
  • City Council meetings from 1984 through the present
  • Parks and Recreation Board
  • Planning Commission
  • Charter Revision Committee
  • Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities
  • Telecommunications Commission

Local News Broadcasts

Video recordings of television news from each of four local network affiliates (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) are preserved. These video recordings span the time period of:

• April 1, 1984 to September 30, 2004
• October 1, 2004 to December 31, 2013 

Logbooks listing the stories from the local broadcasts (up to December 2011) are available in person on request and are searchable in the Digital Collections (Preservica).

How to Find and Use

• Find items with reference staff using the in-house database; and view items in person. Use the Austin Public Library catalog to search some videos.
• Visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel to see clips of videos from some of our collections.