CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH LIBRARIES

Libraries, museums and archives hold valuable collections in a variety of media, presenting a vast body of knowledge rooted in the history of human civilisation. These form the repository of the wisdom of great works by thinkers of past and the present. The holdings of these institutions are priceless heritage of the mankind as they preserve documents, ideas, and the oral and written records. To value the cultural heritage and to care for it as a treasure bequeathed to us by our ancestors is the major responsibility of libraries. The past records constitute a natural resource and are indispensable to the present generation as well as to the generations to come. Libraries preserve the documentary heritage resources for which they are primarily responsible. Any loss of such materials is simply irreplaceable. Therefore, preserving this intellectual, cultural heritage becomes not only the academic commitment but also the moral responsibility of the librarians/information scientists, who are in charge of these repositories. The high quality of the papers and the discussion represent the thinking and experience of experts in their particular fields. The contributed papers also relate to the methodology used in libraries in Asia to provide access to manuscripts and cultural heritage. The volume discusses best practices in Knowledge preservation and how to collaborate and preserve the culture. The book also deals with manuscript and archives issues in the digital era. The approach of this book is concise, comprehensively, covering all major aspects of preservation and conservation through libraries. The readership of the book is not just limited to library and information science professionals, but also for those involved in conservation, preservation, restoration or other related disciplines. The book will be useful for librarians, archivists and conservators. We thank the Sunan Kalijaga University, Special Libraries Association- Asian Chapter for their trust and their constant support, all the contributors for their submissions, the members of the Local and International Committee for their reviewing effort for making this publication possible

A Scientometric Analysis and Visualization Mapping of Convalescent Plasma Therapy

This paper deals with the scientometric analysis of the scholarly literature on Convalescent Plasma Therapy, or simply Plasma Therapy, indexed in the SCOPUS database from its first publication to 2020. In this study, 1,722 bibliographic records were analysed, published in 545 journals by 9491 authors from 6046 organizations located in nearly 175 countries. The results showed a sudden increase in the number of publications in 2020 because of the clinical trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the period, an inconsistent trend of publications and the annual growth rate is observed. The average Degree of Collaboration calculated for the overall period was 0.89, and Collaboration Index was 6.83. Pediatric Nephrology and Transfusion were the most preferred journals; Chantal Loirat was the most productive author in the field. The AP-HP Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, France, was the top productive institution, and the USA was the most productive country in terms of the number of publications

A Scientometric Analysis of Global literature on Hydroxychloroquine based on SCOPUS

This paper deals with the scientometric analysis of the global literature on Hydroxychloroquine as indexed in SCOPUS database from its first publication in 1946 to 2020. The objective of the study was to perform a scientometric analysis of Hydroxychloroquine publications. The study analyzed 25,163 publications which were contributed by 88,834 individual authors affiliated to 159 countries. The results showed momentum in the research publications during the 1980s and accelerated immediately from the beginning of the 21st century. It was observed a fluctuating trend for the Annual Growth Rate and CAGR recorded to 0.129635. The Relative Growth Rate recorded between 0.04 and 0.56 for different years. The Degree of Collaboration (DC) noted was 0.88 and 5.27 Collaboration Index (CI). The Journal of Rheumatology was the most preferred journal with 864 publications; Didier A. Raoult was the most productive author in Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) research. The AP-HP Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, France was the top productive institution globally, and the USA was the most productive country in terms of the number of publications