diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
index f197773387..6cf09353a8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   ) {
   }
 
+  //TODO refactor, nearly identical to buildList, only payload differs
   buildSingle<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
     href: string,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
@@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.statusCode)
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
+    const pageInfo = responseCacheObs
+      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => hasValue(entry)
+      && hasValue(entry.response) && hasValue(entry.response['pageInfo']))
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (<SuccessResponse> entry.response).pageInfo)
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+
     const payload =
       Observable.race(
         this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href, normalizedType),
@@ -76,10 +83,12 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       isSuccessFul,
       errorMessage,
       statusCode,
+      pageInfo,
       payload
     );
   }
 
+  //TODO refactor, nearly identical to buildSingle, only payload differs
   buildList<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
     href: string,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
@@ -104,6 +113,12 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.statusCode)
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
+    const pageInfo = responseCacheObs
+      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => hasValue(entry)
+          && hasValue(entry.response) && hasValue(entry.response['pageInfo']))
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (<SuccessResponse> entry.response).pageInfo)
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+
     const payload = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => hasValue(entry) && entry.response.isSuccessful)
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (<SuccessResponse> entry.response).resourceUUIDs)
@@ -124,6 +139,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       isSuccessFul,
       errorMessage,
       statusCode,
+      pageInfo,
       payload
     );
   }
@@ -210,6 +226,8 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .join(", ")
     );
 
+    const pageInfo = Observable.of(undefined);
+
     const payload = <Observable<T[]>> Observable.combineLatest(
       ...input.map(rd => rd.payload)
     );
@@ -224,6 +242,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       isSuccessFul,
       errorMessage,
       statusCode,
+      pageInfo,
       payload
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
index 3f2b906bc9..b4137e8a22 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { RequestError } from "../data/request.models";
+import { PageInfo } from "../shared/page-info.model";
+
 export class Response {
   constructor(
     public isSuccessful: boolean,
@@ -9,7 +11,8 @@ export class Response {
 export class SuccessResponse extends Response {
   constructor(
     public resourceUUIDs: Array<String>,
-    public statusCode: string
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public pageInfo?: PageInfo
   ) {
     super(true, statusCode);
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
index 557d9eddb3..9c6cda96bd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable } from "rxjs";
+import { PageInfo } from "../shared/page-info.model";
 
 export enum RemoteDataState {
   RequestPending,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export class RemoteData<T> {
     private isSuccessFul: Observable<boolean>,
     public errorMessage: Observable<string>,
     public statusCode: Observable<string>,
+    public pageInfo: Observable<PageInfo>,
     public payload: Observable<T>
   ) {
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
index 1258003e60..c09bf7b236 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { RequestService } from "./request.service";
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from "../cache/models/normalized-object-factory";
 import { ResourceType } from "../shared/resource-type";
 import { RequestError } from "./request.models";
+import { PageInfo } from "../shared/page-info.model";
 
 function isObjectLevel(halObj: any) {
   return isNotEmpty(halObj._links) && hasValue(halObj._links.self);
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export class RequestEffects {
     })
     .flatMap((entry: RequestEntry) => {
       return this.restApi.get(entry.request.href)
-        .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) => new SuccessResponse(this.process(data.payload), data.statusCode))
+        .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) => new SuccessResponse(this.process(data.payload), data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload.page)))
         .do((response: Response) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
         .map((response: Response) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href))
         .catch((error: RequestError) => Observable.of(new ErrorResponse(error))
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ export class RequestEffects {
 
     if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
       if (isPaginatedResponse(data)) {
-        //TODO parse page object
         return this.process(data._embedded);
       }
       else if (isObjectLevel(data)) {
@@ -138,4 +138,14 @@ export class RequestEffects {
     }
     this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive);
   }
+
+  protected processPageInfo(pageObj: any): PageInfo {
+    if (isNotEmpty(pageObj)) {
+      return new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(PageInfo).deserialize(pageObj);
+    }
+    else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
index cf0b2dc06b..01af2a2c2b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export interface DSpaceRESTV2Response {
   payload: {
     _embedded?: any;
     _links?: any;
+    page?: any;
   },
   statusCode: string
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/page-info.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/page-info.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b911c8b276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/page-info.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from "cerialize";
+
+/**
+ * Represents the state of a paginated response
+ */
+export class PageInfo {
+  /**
+   * The number of elements on a page
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(Number, 'size')
+  elementsPerPage: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The total number of elements in the entire set
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  totalElements: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The total number of pages
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  totalPages: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The number of the current page, zero-based
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(Number, 'number')
+  currentPage: number;
+}