Following widespread acclaim, both at home and abroad, for results of NBINet and READncl IT services, the promotion of IT services for the new millennium through network information facilities has in recent years been a major project of the National Central Library. Currently, under the direction of the Ministry of Education, the NCL has begun implementation of the Nationwide Ph.D. Dissertation and Master's Thesis Abstract Project. The project's main purpose is to collect abstracts of domestic Ph.D. disserta tions and master's degree theses and establish an information system offering the fastest and most convenient use by researchers and other library patrons. In addition to establishing digital archives and search tools, the project also aims to create the newest and most complete Chinese dissertation information system offering researchers all over the globe a free on-line source of research information. The Dissertation and Thesis Abstract System allows us to manipulate on-line databases as well as exhibit the accomplishments and ensure the future of high-level domestic academic research.