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*With apologies for cross-posting* --------------------- The final report to the JISC, RSLP and The British Library on a Serials Union Catalogue (SUNCAT) Scoping Study that was undertaken by Information Power Ltd is now accessible on the Publications and Tenders page of the RSLP website - http://www.rslp.ac.uk This public version of the report contains minor revisions to the text submitted by Information Power. The revisions were made by members of the SUNCAT Steering Group. As you may be aware, the main purposes of the SUNCAT scoping study were to: (1) validate the technical model proposed in a previous study -"Feasibility Study for a UK National Union Catalogue" - that was undertaken by a team led by the University of Sheffield (also available on the Publications and Tenders page of the RSLP website); (2) confirm the initial scope and boundaries of SUNCAT; (3) estimate the level of funding required. (The sections of the report dealing with funding are regarded as 'commercial in confidence' and are not available in the public version of the report.) The JISC and RSLP have agreed to fund the initial development of SUNCAT. It is anticipated that the invitation to tender for the first two years of development of SUNCAT will appear in the Official Journal of the European Communities during August 2002.