Preventative Bibliography

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.

A brief guide to thermal and controlled atmosphere treatments for insect eradication. Preventive Conservation Newsletter 1 (Fall 1995):4-5.

Strang, T.
1995 – Preventive Conservation Newsletter 1 (Fall 1995):4-5.

Strang, T. 1995. A brief guide to thermal and controlled atmosphere treatments for insect eradication. Preventive Conservation Newsletter 1 (Fall 1995):4-5.

Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management

The use of fumigants in archival repositories.

Strassberg, R.
1978 – The American Archivist 41 (1):25-36.

Strassberg, R. 1978. The use of fumigants in archival repositories. The American Archivist 41 (1):25-36.

Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management

A website of the Museumpests.net treatment subgroup about low temperature data/fact sheet

http://www.museumpests.net/WG/projects/treatments/Low%20Temp%20Treatment%20data_fact%20v2.pdf

Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management

Conservation notes on thymol fumigation.

Baer, N., M. H. Ellis.
1988 – The International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 7:185-188.

Baer, N., M. H. Ellis. 1988. Conservation notes on thymol fumigation. The International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 7:185-188.

Filter(s): Mold

Evaluation of portable equipment for large-scale de-infestation in museum collections using a low-oxygen environment. Preprints of the13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro.

Valentin, N., J.E. Bergh, R. Ortega, M. ?kerlund, and A. Hallstr?m.
2002 – ICOM Committee for Conservation. 1: 96-101.

This article describes successful tests with a nitrogen-generating system, called Veloxy, in the eradication of wood-boring insects and clothes moths. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)

Valentin, N., J.E. Bergh, R. Ortega, M. kerlund, and A. Hallstr?m. 2002. Evaluation of portable equipment for large-scale de-infestation in museum collections using a low-oxygen environment. Preprints of the13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro. ICOM Committee for Conservation. 1: 96-101.

Filter(s): Integrated Pest Management

Mold: understanding the problem and recovery.

Chicora Foundation, Inc.
unknown – Columbia, S.C.: Chicora Foundation, Inc.

Chicora Foundation, Inc. date Mold: understanding the problem and recovery. Columbia, S.C.: Chicora Foundation, Inc.

Filter(s): Mold