The following notice from ConservationOnline list may be of interest to some
of you.
Iona McCraith
Preservation Consultant
Archives Association of Ontario
Tel: (705) 277-1309 Fax: (705) 277-2091
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www..aao-archivists.ca
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Date: 12 Sep 2011
From: Helen Alten <helen [at] collectioncare__org>
Subject: Online course on pest management
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and
Archives
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
Oct 3 - Nov 11, 2010
Location: Online at <URL:http://www.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.
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
<URL:http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html> If you have trouble
please contact Helen Alten at helen [at] collectioncare__org
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. She was a key
member in the planning team that designed and built a new
facility for the Science Museum of Minnesota. This endeavor
resulted in not only a state of the art exhibition and storage
facility, but also a major publication about the experience of
building a new museum and creating the correct environments:
Moving the Mountain. In 2009 she accepted the position of
conservator and head of the conservation section at the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. 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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