Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian

ccMixter mashup: Ballad Of Jane (narva9 mix)

This song is a personal experience of Creative Commons fueling creativity.A song I completed, with help from ccMixter and the generosity of the ccMixter community - "Ballad of Jane":This is Jane.Who...

Reflections on Gandhi's experiments with Truth

[My rambly attempt at an essay on Gandhi, from reading his book. I'm sure it can be further edited for brevity. And there are errors and inconsistency in tense. E.g. Should I say "Gandhi writes..."...

Creative Commons and what it means to be human

"What does it mean to be human if we don't have a shared culture. And what is a shared culture if you can't share it?""We've all these new technologies that allow people to express themselves, take...

Library of Congress Shares Nation’s Treasures on YouTube

From LibraryJournal.com (1 Apr 09):The Library of Congress (LC) has begun distributing portions of its vast audio and video collections—including 100-year-old films from the Thomas Edison studio—on...

Little Red Riding Hood Redux!

Apparently this was done as a school assignment (as mentioned in the YouTube blurb)...

Books In The City: Public Libraries Roadshow at Chevron House, Raffles Place (30 Mar - 1 Apr 09)

If you happen to work at or near Chevron House at 30 Raffles Place, do drop by the Public Library booth. You can borrow books on the spot, join as a NLB library member (or Digital Library members to...

Hollywood firm acquires rights to Singapore comic book series

Steady!Just read this from Channelnewsasia (25 Mar 09):The movie version of the comic series, "Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland", marks the first time a Singapore-produced story has been...

Stephen Hawking’s bedtime stories

[Also cited at SGlead.wordpress.com]Spotted a New Scientist interview (18 Mar 09) with Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy Hawking, about their writing of Children’s books (and more).Here's a...

Defusing "traditional arguments against letting go of content"

This presentation by Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy for the Smithsonian Institution, speaks for itself (thanks to Hazman for the alert). Click on the word "Next" in the Flash...

"CC Zero”: Expanding the Public Domain

From CreativeCommons blog (11 Mar 09):CC0 (read “CC Zero”) is a universal waiver that may be used by anyone wishing to permanently surrender the copyright and database rights they may have in a work,...