To add to the information available about the fumigation discussion here are
some basic references on pest management.  Most of these were culled from
information put together by Bob Child (Head Conservator, National Museum of
Wales) who taught a course titled "Biodeterioration and Insect Pest Control in
Collections" at our museum last fall.
 
Zycherman, L.A. and Schlock, J.R. A Guide to Museum Pest Control. Washington:
AIC and ASC, 1988.
Story, K.O. Approaches to Pest Management in Museums.  Washington, D.C.: CAL,
Smithsonian Institution.  1985
 
Child, R.E. 1992 "Pest Mangement Strategy for Collections. Scottish Society
for Conservation and Restoration Journal.  November 1992 (3) 4 pp7-9
 
Florian, M.L.E. 1987 "Methodology used in insect pest surveys in museum
buildings - a case history. Proceeding of the 8th Triennial Meeting. ICOM.
Sydney, Australia,  1169-1174.
 
Pinninger, D.B. 1992 New developments in the detection and control of insects
which damage museum collections. Biodeterioration Abstracts 2, 5 pp 125-130.
 
Zaitseva, G.A. 1991 Control of Insects in Museums: The Use of Traps.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Biodeterioration of Cultural
Property. Lucknow, India.
 
Florian, M.L.E. 1990  "Freezing for museum insect pest eradication" Collection
Forum 6(1):1-7.
 
These are just some of the more recent basic references in the field.  This
list is not in any way comprehensive.  Just a way for those who are interested
to get started on collecting more info.
 
Jessie Johnsonn
Materials Conservation Lab
Texas Memorial Museum
University of TX at Austin
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