Resumen
The article provides recommendations for increasing user acceptance of digital libraries. Three categories of factors namely interface characteristics, organizational context and individual differences are identified as important predictors of increased usability of digital libraries. Interface characteristics include terminology clarity, screen design and navigation clarity. The quality of the system interface plays a major role in influencing the usability of a digital library. Terminology refers to the words, sentences, and abbreviations used by a system. Screen design affects users how users communicate with digital libraries. In order to improve the navigational capabilities of digital libraries, aids can indicate where users are coming from and where they are going in a series of screens. Organizational context pertains to the relevance of its content in meeting its targeted users' information needs, the accessibility of the digital library and the visibility of the digital library. Finally, individual differences include computer self-efficacy, computer experience, and domain knowledge. By following the recommendations here, we believe digital libraries will be able to entice more users to discover and adopt them.