Tools for culture : the resonance & use of online tools in the cultural sector

How do different cultural organizations collaborate online? Which tools do they use? The research mapping of online collaboration and tool use in the cultural sector found that online collaboration occurs most significantly in forums. Newsletter circulation is also a frequent activity. Viewed across subsectors, the types of tools used vary. National governments employ RSS feeds with far greater frequency than any other organizational type. Cultural databases use del.icio.us, the social bookmarking tool, far more often than other categories of organizations. The newsletter is popular amongst research institutes, observatories and educational training institutions.