Curation should always spotlight useful information and make it easier to understand the core message. Six specific ways to add value to information:
Validate: Ensure that information is reliable, current and supported by research.
Synthesize: Describe patterns, trends or flows in large amounts of information.
Present: Make information understandable through visualization or logical presentation.
Contextualize: Describe the information in the context of the organization or group.
Question: Critically examine the assumptions of a source of information.
Compare: Show how and where sources of information differ on a topic, and where they agree.