Using an automated facility which allows a statistical analysis of each use and ensures the anonymity of the users, Die Deutsche Bibliothek will be able to continue the further development of the overall system in accordance with the users' requirements and to optimize it. The workplaces provided by the multimedia system have been fully integrated into the accounting system of the library. Components of this system are to be made available as the foundation for the object management of museums or associations of museums. Within the framework of a European project, both partners cooperate with other libraries in order to develop new technologies for the long-term archival and availability of electronic publications. The workplaces which have been installed at the other two locations of Die Deutsche Bibliothek will be able to access the Frankfurt system via an extranet which has been realized using 2 MB leased lines.
Technical preparations are currently under way to connect other libraries.
The Object Management Engine is a system ensuring the consisted object-oriented management of digital objects of any type and complexity on the basis of popular relational databases.