The aims of this study are to investigate and report on the extent to which academic repository content is already held in library OPACs; the interoperability of OPAC and repository software for the exchange of metadata and other information; the various services offered to institutional managers, researchers, teachers and learners respectively by OPACs and by repositories; the potential for improvements in the links from repositories and/or OPACs to other institutional services, such as finance or research administration; -the development of possible further beneficial links between library OPACs and institutional repositories.