[NHCOLL-L:656] RE: freezers for killing museum pests

[Roberta Faul-Zeitler]

July 27, 2000

Dear John and others:

I agree that some standard references for often-asked questions could be an
excellent resource to direct people... and I'm prepared to offer a place on
the ASC web site for reasonable groups of categories and vetted lists of
standard sources or referencce works that would be useful both to collection
managers and to curators in small institutions that do not have collections
specialists.

We are too tiny staff-wise (2 staff here) to assemble, but if anyone is
willing to lend a hand we could get this together and posted (and it could
be a series of categories that gets posted over time) as a free resource
that is a service to both ASC and SPNHC constituents.

Let me know if you would like to go ahead.

Best wishes, Bobbie

Roberta Faul-Zeitler
Executive Director
Association of Systematics Collections
1725 K Street NW, Suite 601
Washington DC 20006
Tel. (202) 835-9050
FAX (202) 835-7334
Email: faulzeitler at ascoll.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of John E. Simmons
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: rabeler at umich.edu
> Cc: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu; fewlessg at uwgb.edu
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:655] RE: freezers for killing museum pests
>
>
> I don't want to sound cranky about this, but this question comes up fairly
> often, yet there are numerous published articles containing information on
> this subject.  Doesn't checking the published references make more sense
> than asking a bunch of people for their opinions?  Perhaps we might
> consider establishing on the SPNHC web page a series of short
> bibliographies
> on such topics as pest control, freezers, use of plastics,
> etc.--the common
> queries that come up over and over again?
>
> --John
>
>
> Rich Rabeler wrote:
>
> > When I saw this post on Taxacom, I suspected a number of
> NHCOLL-L recipients
> > would have comments on this subject as well.  Since I also may
> (?) be in the
> > market for such a unit, I'm bringing the post along to this forum.
> >
> > Rich Rabeler,
> > University of Michigan Herbarium
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Taxacom Discussion List [mailto:TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG]On Behalf Of
> > > Fewless, Gary
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:43 PM
> > > To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
> > > Subject: freezers for killing museum pests
> > >
> > >
> > > We are about to purchase a "walk-in" freezer to treat museum
> > > specimens (both
> > > plants and animals) for dermestids, etc.  I suspect the
> > > conventional wisdom
> > > may have evolved in recent years in this area.  What temperatures are
> > > required, and is there anything else we should consider in terms of
> > > characteristics of the freezer?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Gary Fewless
>