The administration is examining platforms, technologies and service providers, and it occurs to me that many other universities are going through the same process. This new online enterprise is a fresh face for the university. You will do many of the things the university has always done, but in new ways. At the head of this venture should be a name that commands recognition, both in academic circles and among donors. Get the library involved.
Librarians are the quintessential information professionals.
They will be the ones to search cyberspace for ways to get information where it is needed. If it can be done, they might even pull together the world's first online research library from all the digital resources out there. Creating and managing digital resources costs money, and it may be necessary to charge a few pennies per access in order to defray the expenses involved. While there may be some initial resistance, the scholarly community will soon embrace the digital library and you will wonder how you ever survived without it. Graduates of online programs should be just as eager to buy a gold class ring to commemorate their learning experience as their on-campus colleagues.