Andrea Zanni, 20/06/2011 17:39:
As I also wrote on the cultural-partners list, it is not clear if they are making a deal about digitising other books or making avalable books they already have.
What do you understand?
It should be the first one, otherwise there would be no gain for the British Library; as far as I remember (from the discussions about the deal between Italy and Google), Google doesn't even propose such "partnerships". It could be a mix of the two things, though, because usually Google wouldn't scan everything you have and want, but perhaps if you give them some scans you have already they might be more generous elsewhere. This is just guessing...
Nemo