What does this mean for the libraries participation in the Google Book Search project going forward?
A number of U.S. libraries that currently work with Google hope to continue to participate by making most of their collections available for this project pending the successful outcome of negotiations between each library and Google. Through their anticipated participation, the libraries are furthering their efforts to preserve, maintain and provide access to books. It is expected that additional libraries in the U.S. will participate in this project in the future.