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