As part of its 25th anniversary vision-setting process, the arXiv team at Cornell University Library conducted a user survey in April 2016 to seek input from the global user community about arXiv's current services and future directions. We were heartened to receive 36,000 responses from 127 countries, representing arXiv's diverse, global community. The prevailing message is that users are happy with the service as it currently stands, with 95 percent of survey respondents indicating they are very satisfied or satisfied with arXiv. Furthermore, 72 percent of respondents indicated that arXiv should continue to focus on its main purpose, which is to quickly make available scientific papers, and this will be enough to sustain the value of arXiv in the future. This theme was pervasively reflected in the open text comments; a significant number of respondents suggested remaining focused on the core mission and enabling arXiv's partners and related service providers to continue to build new services and innovations on top of arXiv.
翻译:作为其25周年愿景设定进程的一部分,康奈尔大学图书馆的阿尔克西夫小组于2016年4月进行了一次用户调查,以征求全球用户界对阿尔克西夫目前服务和未来方向的意见。我们欣慰地从127个国家收到了36 000份答复,代表了阿尔西夫多样化的全球社会。主要信息是,用户对目前这种服务感到满意,95%的调查答卷人表示他们对阿尔西夫非常满意或满意。此外,72%的答卷人表示,阿尔西夫应继续关注其主要目的,即迅速提供科学论文,这足以在今后保持阿克斯维特的价值。这个主题在公开文本评论中得到了普遍反映;大量答卷人建议继续关注核心任务,使阿尔西夫的伙伴和相关服务提供者能够继续在阿尔西夫顶端建立新的服务和创新。