About Us
DCA was established in London in 2010 to serve libraries of all types with high quality content and services. We have long experience of working as trusted partners of leading US and EU vendors and libraries
Public Library services
DCA offers resources that attract, engage and drive usage and visits to public libraries. Our vendor partners offer unmatched depth and diversity of content.
School Libraries
DCA supplies international schools with resources to support students with reading, language learning, multilingual reading and increased activity levels.
Academic Library services
Our partners offer powerful tools to support library training for students, information literacy and blended learning.
Medical and Health Libraries
Our services for health libraries include tutorials on information literacy for health professionals and evidence-based research along with a large collection of ebooks and databases.
Who We Are
Barney Allan
Barney has been an independent sales agent since 1997, and is a creative and commercial publishing professional specializing in the supply of e-content to libraries and institutions worldwide. Barney has previously held senior sales management positions at Thomson and Reed Elsevier companies and has long experience and a strong network of partners. Barney established Digital Content Associates in 2010 to represent leading US and UK library vendors. He lives in South West London, and enjoys fishing and cooking.
Nicola Everitt
Nicola spent 25 years leading international sales and marketing teams for academic publishers SAGE and Routledge. She joined DCA in 2016 and now applies her vast experience from the tertiary and schools sectors in supporting DCA's clients.
Having spent most of her career travelling the globe including 9 years working out of Malaysia, Nicola has now settled into life in North Somerset where she enjoys her allotment and is an active member of her community.