PROTECTING CULTURAL COLLECTIONS

FROM PESTS AND MOLD

The California Preservation Program presents two workshops on protecting cultural collections from pests and mold. Co-sponsored with the Los Angeles Preservation Network (LAPNet) and the Berkeley Public Library, the workshops are supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services & Technology Act, administered by the California State Library.

Controlling Pests: Where Eating Is Not Permitted

Monday, October 18, 2004 – William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles

Thursday, October 21, 2004 – Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley

This workshop is designed as an introduction to integrated pest management (IPM) for cultural institutions. The IPM approach to preventing and managing pest infestation relies on regular monitoring, documentation, and primarily non-chemical prevention. The workshop will include information on developing an IPM program and a review of pests most often found in cultural collections.

Be Prepared … Managing a Mold Invasion

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 – William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles

Friday, October 22, 2004 – Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley

This workshop provides an understanding of how and why mold blooms occur and gives strategies for prevention. The immediate responses to inactivate an outbreak will be reviewed in addition to follow-up procedures to prevent future outbreaks. The safety and health hazards will also be underscored.

Registration at 9:30 a.m. Program is 10:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Attendance at both workshops is strongly recommended but not required.

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Parker, President and entomologist for Pest Control Services, Inc., Lansdowne, PA. Dr. Parker attended the University of Delaware School of Agriculture and Purdue University.  In 1975, he founded Pest Control Services, Inc., a consulting firm that develops and implements integrated pest management programs for libraries, archives, museums, historic structures, libraries, and collections.

Dr. Parker often works professionally as an expert witness in litigation matters, primarily involved with wood-destroying organisms.  He has worked with collections and buildings threatened by mold, insects, birds, bats, and rodents throughout the United States and some foreign countries.  He frequently lectures about recovery from mold outbreaks and on integrated pest management programs for cultural institutions. 

Registration: $50.00 (1 workshop); $85.00 (2 workshops).Pre-registration required; includes lunch.

Please send this form and your credit card information or check made out to Califa to:

Califa/PLS, Attn. Kathy Krause, 2471 Flores St., San Mateo, CA 94403

For program questions, contact Julie Page, jpage@ucsd.edu  858-534-7695

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Berkeley:             Pests ____    Mold ____