But there is a larger service available. Students and teachers can connect with other like-learning situations and communicate. The number of art bulletin boards is growing. Bulletin boards are a system of posting a message and receiving an answer using telephone lines, a computer, and a modem. Students are able to post questions on technical information, glaze recipes, or culturally based ceramic uses and receive information from multiple sources in answer to their questions.
Students are able to research colleges and art schools when examining future plans.
If they have questions of specific schools they are able to post these online. There is also information on exhibitions and craft fares. The world assisted by the library becomes a classroom. Where the equipment for telecommunications may still be prohibitive for individual ownership, it is increasingly available in libraries. Much like the concept that started early libraries, that of bringing information and learning to those who could not afford to own books, libraries are now providing a similar service with telecommunication equipment.