New user needs will change 'best practice' of data archive services

Slovene Social Science Data archive is relatively young archive and was for that reason able to follow "best practices" of established archives. Never the less, use and usability of offered services is changing with new technologies and that is why practice, that was once very good, needs to be changing as well. Regular users of data archive services have different needs than new users. Decision was made to interview both groups of users to find out first how to improve ADP work and services provided (e.g. improving accessibility of information on a web page) and second, to find out for what purposes are data and documentation mostly used - to find the most common user group to target. At the same time we provided information about services that ADP offers and metadata information about surveys that are available. Our experience is that part of provided information is rarely used, because users had no knowledge of its existence or practicability. Gathered information will be used to help plan future services and to prepare seminars for target groups.