Splash screen takes up to 20 seconds to clear

Whenever I start AP 2.1, the splash screen can take up to 20 seconds before it clears and the main interface screen appears. My total number of images is something over 7000, which isn't large by some standards. On the basis that AP is checking something at startup, I've now created a library per year, with my oldest one (2002) only containing a couple of hundred images across five projects. Still, however, it takes 20 seconds to clear. I've tried rebuilding each library; I've tried switching of and deleting all previews in case that was an issue. I've even done a complete re-install of AP including getting rid of all the application support folders in the the library folders.
Anyone else with the same thing? Is this normal? Does AP heck something during startup in this scenario?
Any ideas/help gratefully received

Well after much testing, rebuilding etc. etc., there does seem to be a distinct difference between having a managed and a referenced library. I have two copies of the same library. One is managed, the other referenced. The managed one opens almost instantaneously, whereas the referenced one has the Splash screen up for maybe 20 seconds before the main interface appears. So the question is, what is Aperture doing in the referenced version? Is it, as has been suggested, doing some sort of check on the existence of the referenced files?
This is just a small test library. The implication is that the larger it grows, the longer AP will take to start. Any comments? Ideas?

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