Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia (PDBI): Efforts at Preservation of Knowledge of Cultural Heritage through Crowdsourcing
Aam Mariyamah, Tamara Adriani Salim · 2019
Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia (PDBI) was initiated by the organization Sobat Budaya to act as a space to preserve the richness of Indonesian cultures. Sobat Budaya realized that data on the cultures of Indonesia could not be collected by a small group of people, so it created a data-crowdsourcing mechanism for the public to participate. Anyone could become a contributor, data could be uploaded anytime from anywhere, and since it was established in 2009, there have been 3451 contributors. This project had three purposes: 1) Establish PDBI as one of the main sources of information on Indonesian cultures; 2) preserve knowledge of cultural heritage; and 3) examine how a data-crowdsourcing mechanism could contribute to this. The research used a qualitative approach with a case study method, collecting data by observation, interviews, and a literature review. The research found that: 1) PDBI collected significant cultural heritage data, with 15418 entries classified into 15 categories; 2) there are nine preservation strategies; and 3) the data-crowdsourcing mechanism helped collect data from various regions. Thus, PDBI helped to create a sustainable data-preservation movement.