From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 16/03/2020 04:10, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >   
   > I had been assuming that whoever had been "chosen" (best combination,   
   > presumably, of bid plus how well they'd do it) would have had privileged   
   > access in advance of the release date, so they could get on with the   
   > scanning and transcribing, ready for the release date.   
      
      
   I thought they had been previously scanned prior to release date.   
      
   Seems crazy to have several different organisations all separately   
   scanning the records and so risking damage to them.   
      
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