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. Leading national library systems that we supply include National Library Board of Singapore, Hong Kong Public Libraries, Qatar National Libraries, the British Library and Helsinki Libraries. Locally we deliver content that attracts excellent usage in city and local council libraries such as Hull, Leeds, Edinburgh, Dublin, London, Westminster and Brighton.
International School Libraries
DCA supplies international schools with resources to support students with reading, language learning, multilingual reading and increased activity levels. We are proud to be supporting members of COBIS, attending their annual events and leading international webinars for schools. Current
schools we serve reach from the International School of Hannover to Taipei European School.
Academic Library services
Our partners offer powerful tools to support library training for students, information literacy and blended learning. We are able to supply institutes around the world either directly or through consortia such as JISC in the UK.
DCA Consultancy Packages
DCA helps digital content vendors expand internationally. We leverage decades of experience and a strong library network to minimize risk and accelerate growth.
Established in London in 2010, DCA work with diverse resources that engage and drive usage in libraries. This content includes language programmes, reference material, science databases, music video services and reading materials for schools, public libraries and tertiary institutions.
DCA executives have over 35 years each of experience working in academic and trade publishing, visiting international institutions and matching content and content formats to the customer’s need. Our experience has benefited content providers of all sizes, from companies based in both the EU and North America.
Clients: Infobase/Credo Reference, Medici.tv, Transparent Language Online, Comics Plus and many others.
Past Clients include: Financial Times, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Blackwell’s, Ingram, New Holland Publishers, RB Digital, Thames & Hudson, NBN.
Public Library Customer examples: British Library, Singapore National Library, Edinburgh City Libraries, Lancashire County, Dublin City Libraries, Qatar National Library, Dublin City Libraries, Helsinki Libraries, Danish Central Libraries, Hong Kong Public Libraries.
DCA project-based services include:
- Product Review & Market Analysis: Assess market potential and collate feedback.
- Market Entry: Research, pricing, localization and access recommendations.
- Market Expansion: Includes contact list and product pitch development.
- Contact Building: Introductions to key decision-makers in selected markets.
- New Business Development: Lead generation and account management.
Who We Are
Barney Allan
Barney is a creative and commercial publishing professional specialising in the supply of digital content to libraries and institutions worldwide. Before he launched his own business as an independent content distributor for libraries in 1997, Barney held senior sales management positions at Thomson and Reed Elsevier. With his long experience and strong network of content partners, Barney established Digital Content Associates in 2010 to represent leading US and UK library vendors.
Nicola Everitt
Nicola studied Chinese before her career of 25 years’ extensive experience leading international sales and marketing teams for academic publishers SAGE and Routledge (now an imprint of Taylor & Francis). As a founding Director of SAGE Asia-Pacific, she was stationed in Malaysia for 9 years and then returned to the UK and joined DCA in 2016.
Nicola now applies her impressive reference and textbook publishing experience to supporting DCA's tertiary, public and schools clients.