ILRT
What We Do - Digitisation and IT Advice
Expert help in digitisation.
We can provide expert help in planning and identifying requirements for digitisation and a sounding board for Information Technology (IT) projects.
Digitisation advice
ILRT is home to the Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI). TASI provides advice and guidance to University colleagues planning and implementing a digitisation project. We also provide a consultancy service to the wider higher education and cultural sector community.
The TASI website features a wealth of freely-available advice, documentation and resources designed to help you with a wide range of issues relating to the creation, management, delivery and use of digital images in learning, teaching and support.
IT advice
We can also provide advice on IT equipment, software and standards for both digitisation and other projects. A discussion with one of our development team can help estimate costs and requirements or highlight an existing solution that requires no cost or effort at all.
Examples of our work
Theatre Collection
We helped colleagues in the Theatre Collection with putting the proposal together, assisted with the setting up and calibration of the scanning equipment, defined metadata standards and customised a project database. We also provided tailored training to project staff in digital capture and cataloguing.
Image: RS_A31_0002_001 Courtesy: Theatre Collection
Brunel Collection
We advised on the project bid, defined technical specifications, metadata and QA standards, sourced and tested digital camera equipment, and provided training in its use.
19th Century Pamphlets Online
TASI prepared a detailed scoping study and wrote a successful bid for this very large (£1M) digitisation project. TASI is seconding a part-time project manager to the project and ID have developed a database to manage part of the project workflow.
For more information please contact:
Karla Youngs, TASI director
karla.youngs@bristol.ac.uk +44 (0)117 331 4363.