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As currently the ACM Digital Library (ACM DL) is develo** its new version, this study aimed to understand the usages of ACM DL. Through focusing on the existing critical barriers for different DL users in their usages of the current ACM DL, this study aimed to identify important potential directions for the further developments of the new ACM DL. A survey was conducted among different countries, and 157 valid responses were collected. The results show information access barriers to the current ACM DL in the aspects of resource formats, browsing experience, and searching experience. We then proposed several design changes that can help developers of the ACM DL and other DLs to design more user-centered DL interfaces.
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This work is an outcome of project “User Seeking Behavior Modeling and Search Technology Development Within Multi-Device Integrated Search Environment” (No. 71673204) supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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Liang, S., He, D., Wu, D., Hu, H. (2020). Challenges and Opportunities of ACM Digital Library: A Preliminary Survey on Different Users. In: Sundqvist, A., Berget, G., Nolin, J., Skjerdingstad, K. (eds) Sustainable Digital Communities. iConference 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12051. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_22
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