[NHCOLL-L:3201] Pest Management Course in October

[Helen Alten]

****Course Announcement****

MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson with support from BIRC
Dates: October 2 through November 10
Price: $395
Location:  On the Internet at www.museumclasses.org

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a low-toxicity method of controlling 
pest infestations. In museums, IPM has become the standard method of 
treating incoming collections and monitoring collection holdings. This 
course defines IPM, discusses how infestations occur, helps you identify 
your risks, provides feasible mitigation strategies, discusses the 
different techniques of treating infested materials, and helps you complete 
an IPM plan and monitoring schedule tailored for your institution. The 
course covers insect, rodent/mammal, bird, bat and mold infestations. Other 
infestations will be covered according to student needs. Pest 
identification and eradication are covered.  Students will complete the 
course with a written IPM plan and monitoring schedule that fits the needs 
of their institution.

Gretchen Anderson co-wrote A Holistic Approach to Museum Pest Management, 
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Technical Leaflet 
191 in 1990. She established the Science Museum of Minnesota's Conservation 
Department in 1989 after conservation internships and courses at Los 
Angeles County Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the 
Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical Lab, the Canadian Conservation 
Institute, Getty Conservation Lab, and the Minnesota Historical Society. At 
the Science Museum she established a rigorous IPM program and continues to 
experiment with least-toxic pest control techniques. A member of the 
American Institute for Conservation and the Society for the Preservation of 
Natural History Collections, Ms. Anderson lectures and presents workshops 
on preventive conservation, IPM, and practical methods and materials for 
storage of collections. She is committed to increasing public understanding 
of the role of conservation in preservation, both inside and outside of the 
museum.

Support for the course is provided by Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC) 
in Berkeley, California. BIRC is a nonprofit organization offering over 25 
years of insight, experience, and leadership in the development and 
communication of least-toxic, sustainable, and environmentally sound 
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods. BIRC has worked with local, 
state, and national agencies in devising programs of scientific research, 
policy, project design and implementation.

The course will last for six weeks. The course format is self-paced through 
8 sections. The instructor will be available at predetermined intervals 
throughout the course. This course will include on-line literature, slide 
lectures, and student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited 
to 20 participants.


If you are interested in the course, please sign up at 
www.museumclasses.org and pay for the course at 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html. If you have trouble completing 
an on-line order, please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org.


IPM Course Outline
1.      IPM Introduction:
         define agents of deterioration and pests
         give an outline for an institutional IPM.
2.  Pest Risks / Environmental Causes
         Food Sources
         Habitat
         Water
         Definition of Problem
         Where they come from
         Why they come
         Who they are
         Resources for more Information
3.  Monitoring
         a) Pest identification
         b) Procedures of monitoring
4.  Mitigation Strategies
         1.  Housekeeping / Staff Procedures
         2.  Environmental Control
         3.  Building and grounds Maintenance
5.  Treatment Strategies
         1.  Thermal (up and down)
         2. Anoxia (all types)
                 a. gas
                 b. oxygen scavenger
                 c. vacuum
         3.  Chemical
4.  Implement Strategies
6.      Regular review
Check Efficacy / Tweak Procedures / Update IPM / Communication
7.      Staff Support
How do you get buy-in from other staff members?
8.  Conclusion
         Complete your own institutional IPM
         Bibliography
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