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Singapore’s National Library Board offers Medici.tv to its members

March 15, 2024 No Comments

DCA is delighted to be launching the Medici.tv service with Singapore’s National Library Board. 

Starting in March 2024, NLB members will have unlimited access to a catalogue of 4000 concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries and masterclasses, as well as over 150 live-streamed performances each year, all in high definition.

We are very happy to welcome National Library Board to medici.tv’s global subscriber base, which includes prestigious public libraries in Helsinki, Copenhagen, City of London, Edinburgh, and Brighton. I am sure lovers of music, dance and opera in Singapore will enjoy access to this wonderful body of content.

Barney Allan, Director of DCA

We are pleased to serve Singapore’s performing arts community through this exceptional digital platform.

Melvin Choo, Executive Director of Alkem, who partnered with DCA and Medici.tv

I am very pleased to be working with such a well-respected and prestigious organisation as NLB. I believe that Singapore’s classical and jazz music lovers will find many hours of entertainment and inspiration in our collection.

David Ryfman VP Sales of Medici.tv

For more information on what Medici.tv offers for your library, click here.

About DCA: Established in 2010, DCA London is a sales agent for leading content providers to public, national, and academic libraries worldwide. DCA’s experience, network and knowledge help publishers and libraries connect users with content they want. 

About Medici.tv: Established by Hervé Boissière in 2010 and now part-owned by LVMH, medici.tv is home to the world’s largest video-on-demand catalogue in the classical and jazz music industry, introducing new, exciting repertoire to the largest possible audience. 

About National Library Board Singapore:  The National Library Board (‘NLB’) nurtures readers for life, learning communities and a knowledgeable nation by promoting reading, learning and history through the National Library, the National Archives and a network of 28 libraries across the country.  

About Alkem: Alkem is the leading South East Asia content fulfilment centre specialising in trade, academic, and children’s publications and is also a leading Singapore Library Services Agency

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Oldham Heritage Library and Art chooses Koios.co to drive community engagement

February 14, 2024 No Comments

How a Google Ad Grant doubled Oldham’s web traffic

“Oldham Heritage, Library & Arts mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by connecting them to high-quality information and creative experiences.”

In January 2022, DCA offered Oldham libraries a free six-month pilot subscription to Koios’ unique Google
Ad Grant management service. Working with Delph Community Association, one of Oldham’s
community-run branches, Koios was able to apply for and secure a Google Ad Grant worth £95,000 per
year and start running campaigns to promote the library.


The pilot was very successful: by January 2022, Koios’ campaigns brought over 8,000 new visitors to
Oldham Library’s website in 30 days, spending 95% of the in-kind Ad Grant value, the average Ad Grant
spend across the charity sector in 17%.
Most new visitors were brought to the library’s online catalogue, a resource that is normally invisible to
regular online searches. Traffic to the site overall increased by over 40% and the library’s YouTube channel
saw a five-fold increase in viewers


By making the library visible where people were searching online, Oldham was able to reach a new, younger and more diverse audiences; letting them know that the local library has what they are looking for.


In early 2024 Oldham Council launched a new service: Oldham Heritage Libraries & Arts (HLA), combining
Oldham’s Gallery, Libraries, Local Studies and Archives and the Oldham Theatre Workshop.
With the support of the British Library’s LibraryOn initiative, Oldham HLA subscribed to the Koios service.
The library’s Koios-managed account generated thousands of clicks on ads, introducing more new visitors
to the library and its resources.

HLA is spending nearly all the available grant and seeing nearly 50% of their web traffic generated from the ads. This has translated into increased event attendance, circulations and library card sign-ups.
Oldham’s success with Koios is outperforming many better-funded libraries in the US, putting the HLA
library in the top 10% of its global client base.


Vickie Varley, Senior Development Officer at Heritage, Libraries and Arts said:
“Over the past ten months, Koios and the Ad Grant have brought us around 40,000 new visitors, mostly
directly to our catalogue, which is great. The ads also promote our events and programmes such as those
for business support and children and young people. Koios’ work has been critical to our community
outreach and engagement, driving loans, attendance and raising awareness to all the wonderful benefits of using HLA.”


the above screenshot from Oldham’s Koios reporting dashboard shows how well the ad grant is performing for HLA.

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Every Library in Denmark Now Offers Free Online Courses in 120+ Languages

January 23, 2024 No Comments

Digital Content Associates (DCA) brokers deal between Transparent Language, Inc. and Danish
Central Libraries to bring free language learning to libraries nationwide.


London January 21 st 2024 – DCA and Transparent Language, Inc., a leading provider of
language-learning solutions, are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Danish
Central Libraries. This agreement brings free online language learning to every library
community across Denmark, supporting the country’s commitment to multilingualism and
cultural diversity.

Transparent Language, Inc. will provide its flagship library e-resource, Transparent Language
Online for Libraries, to all branches of the Danish Central Libraries system. Library patrons can
choose from courses in more than 120 languages, including Danish. Courses include interactive
activities targeting listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and more. Learners can
access the platform at the library, at home on their laptops or phones, and even download
lessons to learn offline in the mobile app.


Jim Schmidt, Vice President of Library Sales, highlights how this partnership aims to enhance
language education nationwide: “We’re thrilled to announce our newest national partnership, and we believe it is a significant step forward for both organizations. No one is more passionate about improving their communities than librarians, and by expanding access to Transparent Language Online to all
libraries across Denmark, we can bring language education in over 120 languages to all Danes.”


Dorte Thuesen, project lead for Danish Central Libraries, said: “We are pleased that from January 2024 we can offer online language courses for all citizens in Denmark. We have seen strong demand for this service from both citizens and public libraries, and we have therefore entered into a two-year agreement with Transparent Language Online.”


Barney Allan of DCA said: “We are very pleased and proud to have the opportunity to work with the Danish library authority and TLO on this project. TLO are planning on some exciting enhancements to localize the service for Danish users. Our goal is to make this collaboration a model for other library
systems in the region and beyond.”


About Transparent Language
At Transparent Language, we leverage our expertise in technology and in the research and
practice of language learning and teaching to build unique capabilities for use by US
Government agencies and organizations, as well as hundreds of public libraries, thousands of
schools, and millions of individuals. We care about all languages, regardless of commercial
value. We believe that language technology needs to work for all courses and curricula, not just
a few courses. It needs to benefit not only individuals, but entire programs. We believe that
great language technology not only changes the user experience; it transforms the economics,
logistics, and reliability of language learning.

About Digital Content Associates Ltd 
DCA represents several leading content providers for the international library sector. Our
mission is to help libraries grow usage, attract new cardholders, and protect budgets and jobs.
We bring libraries a range of compelling digital content and effective online learning tools to
support library success.