[NHCOLL-L:2962] online pest management course in March

[Helen Alten]

MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson with support from BIRC
Dates: March 6 through April 14, 2006
Price: $395
Location:  www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Participants in Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and 
Archives learn low-toxicity methods of controlling infestations. IPM is the 
standard method for treating incoming items and monitoring holdings. 
Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives discusses 
how infestations occur, helps identify risks, provides feasible mitigation 
strategies, discusses the different techniques of treating infested 
materials, and helps you complete an IPM plan and monitoring schedule for 
your institution. The course covers pest identification, insects, rodent, 
birds, bats, other mammals and mold infestations, as well as other problems 
raised by participants.

Logistics:
Participants in Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and 
Archives work through eight sections at their own pace. Instructor Gretchen 
Anderson is available for scheduled email support. Materials and resources 
include online literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and 
online chats led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.

Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives runs six 
weeks. Please enroll 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.

Text Book:
Pinniger, David.  Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses. 
Archetype Publications, 2004.  Available for purchase from Northern States 
Conservation Center at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html.

Course Outline
1.      IPM Introduction:
2.      Pest Risks / Environmental Causes
3.      Monitoring
4.      Mitigation Strategies
5.      Treatment Strategies
5.      Regular review
6.      Staff Support
7.      Conclusion

Student Comments:
"I'd give it a 10 out of 10."  MS210 participant

"I was able to create plans for my institution and actually put them into 
action." MS210 participant

"This class was exceptional and overall am generally pleased I took this 
course. The content and material provided were so valuable for research 
tools and training manuals. Thank you!" MS210 participant

The Instructor:
Objects conservator Gretchen Anderson learned her craft at the American 
Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical Lab, 
the Canadian Conservation Institute, Getty Conservation Lab, the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Minnesota Historical Society. She 
established the conservation department at the Science Museum of Minnesota 
in 1989. She is the co-author of A Holistic Approach to Museum Pest 
Management, a technical leaflet for the American Association for State and 
Local History and established a rigorous IPM program for the Science 
Museum. Ms. Anderson is a member of the American Institute for Conservation 
and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. She 
lectures and presents workshops on preventive conservation, IPM, and 
practical methods and materials for storage of collections.

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  methods. 
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