A new book and linked web site describing the work of the UK Open University's Knowledge Media Institute has recently been launched: 'The Knowledge Web: Learning and Collaborating on the Net', published by Kogan Page, has a dedicated web site at http://kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledgeweb The site includes pointers to online ordering facilities, an overview and synopsis of the book, and links to the case studies and first-hand experiences best provided on the Web. The book, edited by Professors Marc Eisenstadt and Tom Vincent, is the culmination of the first three years of activity in the Knowledge Media Institute. It provides a living testimonial to the educational possibilities offered by a carefully-designed research and development programme centred around 'Knowledge Media'. This term reflects the new developments made possible by bringing together researchers in the learning and cognitive sciences, multimedia enabling technologies for disabled learners, and artificial intelligence. The result of this collaboration is described in sixteen chapters, each of which is linked to a custom-built site on the Web containing up-to-date examples of the work through which readers can explore and engage in on-line experimentation. WHOM THE BOOK IS FOR (from the introduction) This book is aimed at a broad audience of University-level 'practitioners', 'casual observers of new technology developments', corporate trainers, and others who have caught the wave of excitement about developments in learning, organisational memory and knowledge representation on the World Wide Web. We assume that most readers will already be experienced users of the World Wide Web, and interested either in innovative uses of the Web for education and collaboration, or alternatively in cognitive science or knowledge modelling aspects which can benefit from Web usage. You will not need to be a 'Web professional' or 'HTML authoring wizard', although in fact such professionals will find much of interest herein. The book is suitable for use on University-level courses at both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate (post-B.A.) level. As a collection of examples, it highlights new and effective uses of the Web in education. As a research document, it opens the door to new avenues of work in multimedia, intelligent agents, collaboration, streaming media, and knowledge modelling. The site: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledgeweb %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%