Describes the Sloan Consortium, called Sloan-C, as a non-profit consortium for higher education institutions that offers online programs that are regionally accredited. States that Sloan-C is a platform for collaboration, for information on what online programs are available, and for the development and spread of best practices in online education…

Discusses the vital role policy plays in the effective delivery of information services over the Internet, as well as the need to keep policies at a minimum so as not to impede users' creativity and imaginative powers when online. Provides four examples from community college libraries. (NB)

Discusses the use of one-way video, two-way audio teleconferencing as a teaching medium. Describes the teleconference facilities of Tulsa Junior College, the College Satellite Network and National University Teleconference Network, and the roles played by various people and groups in teleconferencing. Considers the cognitive aspects of video…

Contends that the interactive authoring of microcomputer software is an appropriate service for community college libraries. Lists steps in the development of such a program. Provides a sample program authored in BASIC for a learning module on the use of figurative language. (DMM)