Mr. Paul Shovlin:

As the Deputy says, access is very important. In terms of exploiting this wonderful resource and in terms of cultural tourism, we have got to be there. If one is working with the likes of Google, one has to be careful that one is at least an equal partner. We are the custodians of these collections and need to make sure we are clever enough not to surrender everything to the Googles of this world. We discuss that at board level in the National Library and have made some soundings on how American universities have been able to work with Google. The experience is generally pretty good, but people are careful. One needs to be very well advised and absolutely alert in respect of any legal agreements one might have with the likes of Google. We have to keep our minds open to approaches and to working with these people.