In its second year of activity, the Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC) program of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has assisted 18 universities and colleges in the Northeast in the implementation of local capabilities to provide computer-based reference services. Working through the libraries at these institutions, NASIC has concentrated its efforts in four areas: (1) training of library staff members to become effective intermediaries between users and the on-line bibliographic systems; (2) consulting with library administrators on the administrative decisions required to implement local on-line search services; (3) cooperating with library staff in user education programs; and (4) serving as a spokesman for the academic community in dealing with data base producers and search service vendors. Training material for both search systems and data bases were also developed. The work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries and their Electronic Systems Laboratory for the project is also described. (Author/DGC)