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 == Welcome to the Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) ==
-The Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) helps you find tools to try out for your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation long-term digital preservation] tasks. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]]. The COPTR Tools Grid (below) allows you to quickly find tools by the specific content types or functions they address.
+The Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) is a place to find tools to try, and workflows to learn from, to help you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation take care of your digital collections]. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]]. The COPTR Tools Grid (below) allows you to quickly find tools by the specific content types or functions they address.
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 == Welcome to the Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) ==
-The Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) helps practitioners find tools to try out for your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation long term digital preservation] tasks. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]].
+The Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) helps you find tools to try out for your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation long-term digital preservation] tasks. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]]. The COPTR Tools Grid (below) allows you to quickly find tools by the specific content types or functions they address.
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 == Welcome to the Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) ==
-Find tools to try!
+The COPTR Tools grid allows you to browse to view lists of tools that address specific content types or functions. It was inspired by the original [http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/ Preserving digital Objects With Restricted Resources project (POWRR)] Tools Grid and developed in partnership with the POWRR Project.
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 == About COPTR ==
 COPTR is part of [http://www.digipres.org/ DigiPres.org], is hosted by [http://openpreservation.org/ The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF)], supported by the [http://dpconline.org/ The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)], and is maintained by you!

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 The COPTR Tools grid allows you to browse to view lists of tools that address specific content types or functions. It was inspired by the original [http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/ Preserving digital Objects With Restricted Resources project (POWRR)] Tools Grid and developed in partnership with the POWRR Project.
-COPTR is part of [http://www.digipres.org/ Digipres Commons], is hosted by [http://openpreservation.org/ The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF)], supported by the [http://dpconline.org/ The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)], and is maintained by you!
+COPTR is part of [http://www.digipres.org/ DigiPres.org], is hosted by [http://openpreservation.org/ The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF)], supported by the [http://dpconline.org/ The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)], and is maintained by you!
 For more information, see [[About COPTR|About COPTR]], including how to [[About COPTR#Contact, feedback and questions|Contact Us]], [[Data_structures_in_COPTR|how COPTR is structured]] and [[Using_the_COPTR_data_feed|how to access COPTR data via the API]].

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 == Welcome to the Community-Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) ==
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 == Contribute Your Experiences ==
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 == About COPTR ==
 The Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR) helps practitioners find tools needed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation long term digital preservation] tasks. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]].
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 For more information, see [[About COPTR|About COPTR]], including how to [[About COPTR#Contact, feedback and questions|Contact Us]], [[Data_structures_in_COPTR|how COPTR is structured]] and [[Using_the_COPTR_data_feed|how to access COPTR data via the API]].
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+If you need to contact us for any reason, you can email [mailto:coptr@openpreservation.org coptr@openpreservation.org].
 File:Opf-logo.png|[http://openpreservation.org/ The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF)]
 File:DPCLogoSquare.png|[https://dpconline.org/ Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)]
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 COPTR helps practitioners find tools needed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation long term digital preservation] tasks. It describes {{#ask:[[Category:Tools]] |format=count}} [[:Category:Tools|tools]] and {{#ask:[[Category:COW Workflows]] |format=count}} [[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|workflows]].
-*[[Tools Grid|Find a digital preservation tool]] using the '''[[Tools Grid]]''' (or by [[Lifecycle Stages|stage]], [[Tool Functions|function]], [[Content Types|content type]] or [[File_Formats|file format]])
+*[[Tools Grid|Find a digital preservation tool]] using the '''[[Tools Grid]]''' (or by [[Lifecycle Stages|stage]], [[Tool Functions|function]], [[Content Types|content type]] or [[File_Formats|file format]]). Or [https://youtu.be/ZI1ICLzzO-0 watch this video to learn more].
 *[[Workflow:Community_Owned_Workflows|View digital preservation workflows]]
 *[[Add a tool to COPTR|Add a tool]], or find out more about [[About COPTR#How can I get involved?|how you can get involved]]

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 *[[Add a tool to COPTR|Add a tool]]
 *[[Contribute your workflow to COW|Add a workflow]]
-*[[About COPTR|About COPTR]], including how to [[About COPTR#Contact, feedback and questions|Contact Us]] and [[Data_structures_in_COPTR|COPTR Data Structures]]
+*[[About COPTR|About COPTR]], including how to [[About COPTR#Contact, feedback and questions|Contact Us]], [[Data_structures_in_COPTR|how COPTR is structured]] and [[Using_the_COPTR_data_feed|how to access COPTR data via the API]].
 NEW FOR JULY 2021: COPTR has been re-launched with new functionality. Find out all about it in this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vflve95D-Yc&t=0s video presentation].