At Last...The Announcement, Google and the Library of Congress

Google announced today their collaborative efforts with the Library of Congress.

During the past year, Google has digitized about 5,000 books from the Library of Congress as part of a pilot project to refine the techniques to make copies of fragile books without damaging them. In the next phase of the project, Billington said Google will digitize books and other materials from the Library of Congress Law Library.

Here's the Washington Post Article World Digital Library Planned