This bibliography was initially prepared in May 2002 by Bruno Pouliot, with the collaboration and assistance of Linda Lennon, Winterthur Class of 1997, who then served as Assistant Conservator on different projects at Winterthur Museum and for WUDPAC. Responsibility for the bibliography was passed to Dr. Joelle Wickens in 2009. It is constantly updated and your suggestions for new sources are welcome. Resources can be filtered by the following topics: Collections Care, General Reference, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Environmental Management, Housing, Storage, and Display, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Light, Mold, Packing and Transport, Pollutants, Relative Humidity and Temperature, Surveys and Assessments, and Sustainability.
Approaches to Pest Management in Museums.
Story, Keith O.
1985 – Washington, D. C.: Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution.
Story, Keith O. 1985. Approaches to Pest Management in Museums. Washington, D. C.: Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management
Getting the bugs out. (Museum methods manual 4)
Ward, P.
1976 – Victoria: Friends of the British Columbia Provincial Museum.
Ward, P. 1976. Getting the bugs out. (Museum methods manual 4) Victoria: Friends of the British Columbia Provincial Museum.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management
Integrated pest management at the Denver Museum of Natural History.
Webb, E., C. Patterson, C. Meaney, and B. Snellgrove.
1989 – Collection Forum 5(2):52-59.
Webb, E., C. Patterson, C. Meaney, and B. Snellgrove. 1989. Integrated pest management at the Denver Museum of Natural History. Collection Forum 5(2):52-59.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management
A Guide to Museum Pest Control.
Zycherman, L. and J.R. Schrock, eds.
1988 – Washington, D.C.: FAIC.
This is a standard reference book on IPM. The book has great illustrations of most insects found in museums. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)
Zycherman, L. and J.R. Schrock, eds. 1988. A Guide to Museum Pest Control. Washington, D.C.: FAIC.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management
Thermal methods of pest eradication: their effect on museum objects.
Beiner, G.G., and T.M.A.
2005/6 – The Conservator 29: 5-18.
Results from this work suggest that a broader than expected range of materials could be treated by this method without damage to the objects. Exceptions include leather and skin, which do show alterations after treatment. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)
Beiner, G.G., and T.M.A. Ogilvie. 2005/06. Thermal methods of pest eradication: their effect on museum objects. The Conservator 29: 5-18.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management
A Contribution to Standards for Freezing as a Pest Control Method for Museums.
Bergh, J.-E., K.-M. V. Jensen, M. ?kerlund, L.S. Hansen, and M. Andr?n.
Fall 2006 – Collection Forum 21(1-2):117-125.
Bergh, J.-E., K.-M. V. Jensen, M. kerlund, L.S. Hansen, and M. Andr?n. Fall 2006. A Contribution to Standards for Freezing as a Pest Control Method for Museums. Collection Forum 21(1-2):117-125.
Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management