Better pest management doesn’t mean more chemicals.

In the past, pest management in museums and other collection holding institutions often involved regular applications of toxic chemicals to collection areas and actual collections. Health and safety concerns have led institutions to move away from this approach in favor of preventative and protective measures that are not based on chemicals. This strategy involves numerous measures used in combination and is commonly termed “integrated pest management” or IPM. The main elements of an IPM program involve:

• PREVENTION - Preventing access to pests
• MONITORING - Monitoring pest populations
• IDENTIFICATION - Identifying potential pest threats
• TREATMENT - Treating outbreaks in the safest manner possible
• RESOURCES - Additional resources pertaining to IPM

This site is divided into five main sections expanding on the main elements listed above which are necessary in developing, implementing and managing an IPM plan for your institution – whatever your collection type. Each element is explained with detailed information, samples of documents and forms from museums, and links that you can follow to access even more resources. The Resources section of the site offers a compilation of many of the site’s commonly used tools and links.

 

This site is divided into four main sections expanding on the main elements listed above which are necessary in developing, implementing and managing an IPM plan for your institution – whatever your collection type.

Each element is explained with detailed information, samples of documents and forms from museums, and links that you can follow to access even more resources.

The Resources section of the site offers a compilation of many of the site’s commonly used tools and links.

This site is brought to you as a service of the Integrated Pest Management Working Group, a group of collection managers, conservators, entomologists and other professionals interested in issues surrounding the implementation of integrated pest management in museums, libraries & archives, and other collection-holding institutions.

The goal of the group is to promote and facilitate good IPM practices by collaborating in the development and on-line distribution of training materials and other resources. For more on our group and how to join please click here.

• Home Page
  • What is IPM?
  • Description of content/use of the site
  • News/Announcements
  • Link to join PestList Mailing List
  • Site Search box
• Prevention
  • Preventing Access
    • Building envelope
  • Policy, Procedures and IPM Plans
    • Templates
    • Reference documents
  • Staff Education
    • Powerpoints
  • Related Web Links
  • Bibliography
• Monitoring
  • Trapping
    • Pheromone tip sheet
  • Databases & Reporting
    • Zak database
    • Database fields
  • Bibliography
  • Web Links
• Identification
  • White sheets
  • Image library
  • Flash cards/wanted sheets
  • Bibliography
  • Web links
• Treatment
  • Remedial Treatment methods overview (then each method will have for it)
    • Treatment fact sheets
    • Case studies
  • Bibliography
  • Web links
• Resources (compiled groups of resources available throughout the site)
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Web links
  • PestList archives link
  • Research (projects that the IPM-WG thinks would be valuable and a place for posting what fellows and students may be working on)
• About Us
  • Mission statement/ Description of group
  • Link to powerpoints on history of group
    • SPNHC 2006 – Monk
    • AIC 2008 – Arenstein
  • FAQs
  • List of participating institutions
  • Sponsors
  • Contact Us
    • Co-chairs
    • Webmaster
  • Working Group
  • Landing page with info on how to join the group, committees, chairs, etc. and then requirement for a password to continue