On July 14 2011 the Dutch Royal Library and Google signed a contract for digitalizing 16.000 boo
ks, free from copyright, from the collection of the Royal Library.
In light of a request in the UK to make public the details of a contract between the British Library and Google on the basis of the Freedom of Information Act, the Royal Library has now received two requests to reveal the details of its contract with Google, based on a similar law in the Netherlands.
It unusual for the Library to publish its contracts with partners, but there are no big objections which could prevent such a publication. The Royal Library has therefore decided to honour the request and publish its contract (pdf) for any interested people.
Source: http://www.informatieprofessional.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8796&Itemid=79
