There is still room in the IPM course that starts on
Monday.
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries
and Archives
Dates: October 12 through November 20, 2009
Price: $475
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
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.
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
Required 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.
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. To reserve a spot in the course,
please pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If
you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at
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Student Comments for MS210 Integrated Pest Management for
Museums, Libraries and Archives:
I'd give it a 10 out of 10.
I was able to create plans for my institution and actually
put them into action.
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!
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. In 2009 she became the
Conservator for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in
Pittsburgh. 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, cleaning in
museums, and practical methods and materials for storage of
collections.
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