Technical Advisory Service for Images

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The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) provided advice to the United Kingdom's Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) communities in the creation and use of digital images. Its services included a Web site , helpdesk, training programme, and mailing list. [1] TASI was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) and based within the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) of the University of Bristol. [2] It later became known as JISC Digital Media [3] but the service was retired on 31 July 2016. [4]

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References

  1. "The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)". Ariadne. Loughborough University Library. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. "Digitisation Standards" (PDF). Cambridge University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. "About Us". JISC Digital Media. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  4. "Jisc Digital Media". JISC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.