This study focuses on the planning necessary to support library instruction for an online public access catalog in an academic library. The installation of an online catalog is viewed as an opportunity for librarians to teach effective use of the library catalog. The project report consists of a review of the literature pertaining to the implementation of an online catalog and the education of users, results of a survey of 20 institutions that have implemented online catalogs, and recommendations and a checklist for implementation of an online catalog instruction program. The recommendations cover primary tasks (timetables, budgets, strategies for library instruction, library personnel, and cooperative efforts); library instruction materials (content and format); equipment (library instruction equipment and other concerns); and public relations (university-wide and in the library). Appendices include a timetable/checklist; a list of learning objectives for online catalog education developed by a Northwestern University (Illinois) study; a fact sheet on the Automated Library Information System (ALIS) at University of Wisconsin-Stout; a reprint of an article entitled "Designing Point-Of-Use Instruction for the Online Catalog" (Linda Wilson); the survey questionnaire; and a list of institutions from which sample library instruction materials are available. A four-page bibliography is included. (THC)