Mimas was a nationally designated academic data centre based at the

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in the

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. Its mission was to support the advancement of knowledge, research, and teaching. It hosted a number of the UK's research information assets – and built applications to help people access this resource. The organisation had a long-standing relationship with

Jisc Jisc is a United Kingdom not-for-profit organisation that provides network and IT services and digital resources in support of further and higher education and research, as well as the public sector. Its head office is based in Bristol with ...

, and strong connections with research councils, especially the

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. Mimas was transferred to Jisc in .

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* {{Official website, http://mimas.ac.uk/ Education in England Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom Jisc Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom Research institutes in Manchester University of Manchester

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