Why are we writing a business case?

• What are re-users' requirements?
• What is the importance of the assets to the institution?
• How mature (in DP terms) is organisation?
• What are your organisation's business objectives?

Why is preservation important for each of these groups/areas?

What are the benefits in relation to:

• Collections? (secure and accessible)
• Department? (fulfilling strategic objectives)
• Organisation? (ability to fulfil organisational mission, effective exploitation of assets - maximising their use)
• Users? (access to collections)
• Depositors? (trust in repository)

What are the risks in relation to:

• Collections? (information loss)
• Department? (inability to fulfil strategic objectives)
• Organisation? (reputational damage, loss of income generating capacity with lack of access to assets)
• Users? (loss of access to collections)
• Depositors? (lack of confidence in repository)

Why should I...?

• Why should I worry about data loss?
• Why should I worry about access?
• Why should I make this a priority?
• Why can't I leave it to our IT people?

Further information:

• Strategy documents (collections development policies, organisational/departmental strategies, mission statements)
• Risk assessment methodologies
• Sample business cases
• Preservation case studies - horror stories and success stories