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In order to prepare the ground for future funding bids for both retroconversion and retrospective cataloguing of outstanding research material collections in CURL Libraries after RSLP, a survey was conducted to map such remaining material across the Consortium. The survey will be updated on a continual and regular basis.

Following RSLP, CURL Members were asked to take stock and look again at what remained to be done in their institutions in terms of retrospective conversion (i.e. automation of manual catalogues) and retrospective cataloguing (i.e. electronic cataloguing of un-catalogued material) after July 03. The date of July 03 was chosen on the grounds that some CURL libraries would be using some of their 2002-03 RSLP Access money for this work. The purpose of the survey was to identify the extent and nature of the outstanding material across the Consortium with a view to exploring the possibility of seeking further funding collaboratively, in particular, in co-operation with Full Disclosure.

Members were asked to provide the following information:

Number of items
Subject areas and name of collections, if relevant
Date range
Languages
Format
Importance of the material for research

Members were asked not to include archival collections, as this is an area that is being handled by the Archives Hub.