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NDSA Levels of Preservation</a> Steering group would like to find out more about particular scenarios in which the Levels are being used. This information will help others who are using the Levels and may also inform future work. Rather than looking for full
and detailed case studies, we hope to gather real life activities from a range of different organizations using the Levels answering specific questions and scenarios of interest to the community.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How you routinely use the NDSA Levels?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - Is it on a regular schedule? Who does it? Who is the information communicated to? What documentation is maintained?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted0" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At what level of granularly you use the NDSA Levels?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - Do you do just one assessment for all your holdings, or do you do it multiple times for different departments of types of content?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted0" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How does the NDSA Levels fit in with the bigger picture of certification and maturity modeling for your organization?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - Do you use the Levels alongside other certification standards,
maturity models or self-assessment tools? What else do you use and how do these different tools work together to help you move forward?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted0" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are the NDSA Levels used to help project the financial cost of digital preservation?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - Do you do this at the level of individual objects, by collection or for the entire repository?
How is this information generated? How is it used in program planning? Who contributes to this exercise?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted0" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are environmental considerations are taken into account in your digital preservation work?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - How does this impact your use of the Levels?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We welcome contributions no matter how big or small. You are welcome to respond to just one of the scenarios or answer any of the questions that are relevant to you. If
multiple scenarios apply to you or your organization, feel free to fill out the form multiple times addressing one question at a time if that is easier. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If you would prefer to share your thoughts on any of these questions in a community chat session, we will be hosting our next Levels Office Hour session on this topic on
19th April at 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) so do drop in and share your thoughts (<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1kKI_NlTlnAUg5H9y_evyRLGyiudddJRZEE1in5eeC7Q%2Fedit%23heading%3Dh.7optudy7vdfi&data=05%7C01%7Cnathan.tallman%40PSU.EDU%7C4a01fcbc0ebb4960f53408db2533fa29%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638144677398722051%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DxuSqVH4PAd2wrRDbpUjyzgHjG4y5EMXS9IWe0vJY6I%3D&reserved=0" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kKI_NlTlnAUg5H9y_evyRLGyiudddJRZEE1in5eeC7Q/edit#heading=h.7optudy7vdfi">more
details and joining instructions can be found here</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We very much look forward to hearing from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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