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Establish the value of the content and provide the rationale for selecting it for preservation. What value does the content have? Is anyone collecting it? What factors affect its risk of disappearance?
Document recognized opportunities for preserving this content. Are there workflows in the creation or distribution of content that present opportunities for preservation?
Describe target audiences/stakeholders. Who would find value in this content and how might they be engaged in the process of preservation?
Outline a plan for educating stakeholders. How might NDSA or another organization raise the awareness of stakeholders including content creators, publishers, educators, libraries, researchers, or donors?
Describe potential obstacles or risk factors. What barriers for users/creators/preservationists might be faced and what options are there for overcoming them?
Develop actionable next steps. What can we do next, as a community or as individual institutions to ensure that important content is preserved?
Actionable items – what can we do next, as a community (or individual institution)?