netLibrary is forging partnerships with all the major vendors. DRA follows on other deals with Innovative, Sirsi and epixtech.

After the recent problems for the Taos system in the USA news of a European installation is welcome. Taos is uniquely based on an object oriented DBMS (Object Store) and DRA has had difficulty in delivering functionality on schedule.

Data Research Associates, Inc.. (DRA), a client/server library automation systems integrator, has announced an agreement with netLibrary, a provider of e-books and Internetbased content-management services, to integrate netLibrary into DRA

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