Memex mention

John has a terrific column in the Observer this week about the BBC Creative Archive. Introducing it in his online diary, he says:

"My Observer column on the significance of the Creative Archive is here. The Open University, for which I work, is one of the Creative Archive partners, and is currently mulling over how it should contribute to it. In the meantime, one of my colleagues, Ray Corrigan, has released the materials for his course on Law, the Internet and Society under a Creative Commons licence. The course started life as part of my Relevant Knowledge programme, but was dropped when it came to the end of its designated life. It seemed crazy just to bury something that could be useful and interesting to many people simply because the university didn’t have space for it in its curriculum. So now it has a new lease of life, courtesy of the open content movement."

What he doesn't say is that he also wrote part of the course (which along with being highly regarded by experts from universities like Duke, Stanford and Cambridge should give you an idea of the quality of the material) but a mention on Memex 1.1 will, no doubt, have given the site readership a significant boost. Thanks John!