North America and UK 

Robin Mason was responsible for procuring catalogue entries from North America and UK. 

The survey of institutions was carried out using the following methodologies: 

awareness raising on listservs 

a self completion form on the web site 

surveying relevant literature (including journals, reports, conference proceedings and 

newsletters) 

searches on the web 

a visit to North America and attendance at a number of web related conferences. 

The interviews were drawn partially from the UK (11 interviews) and partially from North 

American (9 interviews) entries in the catalogue. They represent a range of different web 

based delivery strategies: some make extensive use of the web, others make only partial use; 

some are part of a major program of web delivery, others are one off courses. The interviews 

were made via face to face meetings and via e mail. 

Asia, Australia, and Africa 

Desmond Keegan was responsible for procuring information from these continents, and the 

first round of questionnaires was sent by e mail to a group of known experts in the following 

countries: 

Australia 

Jordan 

Singapore 

China 

Korea 

South Africa 

Egypt 

Malaysia 

Sri Lanka 

Fiji 

New Zealand 

Swaziland 

India 

Philippines 

Taiwan 

Indonesia 

Saudi Arabia 

Thailand 

Japan 

Over 350 experts were contacted directly by e mail. If no reply was given after 6 weeks, these 

experts were mailed again. 

A second part of the research was to contact a selection of experts according to geographic 

expertise. This was done by e mail, post and fax. The following countries were targeted: 

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