Online Course Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries, and Archives begins August 19, 2019

MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries, and Archives

August 19 to September 27, 2019

Instructor:  Helen Alten

Location: http://museumclasses.org

Description:

The only thing worse than mice or cockroaches in your kitchen, is finding them in your museum collection. 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.

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