Colleagues I thought the announcement below might be of interest to some with a view to facilitating interaction among those doing this kind of work Michel =================== PRESS RELEASE The Centre for information behaviour and the evaluation of research -Ciber- (www.soi.city.ac.uk/is/research/ciber/), a new research unit within the Department of Information Science, City University, London, has won a prestigious research grant from the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Fund, to evaluate the web sites that they fund in order to determine their role in providing greater access to information for disadvantaged young people. It is a longitudinal study, conducted over a period of two years, examining in particular changes in use and users over time. The purpose of the research is to determine whether the Fund's money is being spent well and what lessons can be learnt to inform and improve the quality of future web sites in this educationally and socially very strategic area. Ciber has developed a tried and tested methodology based on the analysis of enormous public web sites, such as those of The Independent, The Times and Sunday Times, NHS Direct Online, SurgeryDoor (a commercial consumer health web site) and Northern Echo. Our expertise lies in the robust, data-rich and user-centred analysis of web sites - employing bespoke and triangulated web log analysis to the full. With the addition of the 'Diana' project CIBER can claim to be UK leading research in the web evaluation field. More Information: Professor David Nicholas Head of Department Department of Information Science City University Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB Tel: 020-7040-8381/3 Fax: 020-7040-8584