The basic directions of activity of the Vologda Oblast Information and Analytical Centre of Culture, which was founded in 2000, is to provide the Vologda Oblast establishments of culture with the analytical information necessary for developing and taking administrative decisions, and informing the population on activity of these establishments.

The experts of the centre are responsible for gathering and handling statistical information, preparing reports, analytical work, carrying out of monitoring and other researches.

Significant projects of the centre are the creation and development of its own mass-media: web-portal «Culture in Vologda Oblast» and magazine «Vologda Afisha».

The web-portal «Culture in Vologda Oblast» is a large-scale daily updated information resource created in 2001. It contains the information on establishments of culture, creative projects, changes in the legislation, and also thematic sections, news reports, the review of press, interviews, a poster on the events in the establishments of culture and many other things.

Since 2002 the Information and Analytical centre issues a magazine devoted to the cultural life of the oblast, «Vologda Afisha (poster)». The information centre makes a photo and a video archive of the materials on culture of Vologda Oblast.

In 2004 the Information and Analytical centre of culture is awarded with the diploma of the Ministry of economic development and trade of the Russian Federation for the 3 place in the nomination «Use of Information and Communication technologies in culture» of the All-Russia competition «the Best region in sphere of Information and Communication technologies», held in the in the framework of the Federal Target Programme «Electronic Russia (2002-2010)».

In the Information centre there work a lot of highly qualified experts - economists, journalists, engineers, designers.