Checking out broken links is a routine task in maintaining a Web site. This can be frustrating when, despite concentrated searching, the target site or resource seems to have vanished into thin air. However, it can also be a voyage of discovery leading to other interesting and useful resources. This was the case the other day when I was checking out a link to Culturemondo.

Culturemondo is a network of people who are all working running, managing, building or editing cultural portals around the world. It is open and free to anyone working in this area to join, from anywhere in the world. An annual Culturemondo International Roundtable is held at a different venue each year and the 4th Roundtable was held in Taiwan in December 2008 with 37 participants from 21 countries.

Apart from finding the Culturemondo site, I also discovered the Culturemondo group page on NetVibes and blog postings on the event by Jane Finnis of Culture24 and by Seb Chan of the Sydney Powerhouse Museum on his Fresh + New(er) blog.

So next time you have to check a broken link, try thinking of it as an opportunity and not just a chore. You never know what you might find.