MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and
Archives
Dates: October 6 through November 14, 2008
Price: $425
Instructor:
Gretchen Anderson
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.
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
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 pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html to reserve a place. If you
have trouble, please contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
Student Comments for MS210 Integrated Pest Management for Museums,
Libraries and Archives:
"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:
Gretchen Anderson, 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.