1. Museums, Libraries and Archives. The pests: Their Presence and the Future / Robert Child -- 2. Insect Pests in Historic Buildings: Misunderstood, Misdiagnosed and Mistreated / Jagjit Singh -- 3. New Pests for Old: The Changing Status of Museum Insect Pests in the UK / David Pinniger -- 4. Understanding and Controlling Anobiid Beetles with Special Reference to the Deathwatch Beetle Xestobium Rufovillosum / Brian Ridout -- 5. The Development of an Integrated Pest Management Policy for the National Museums of Scotland / Isobel Griffin -- 6. Marauding Geckos - A Look at Subtropical Pest Management / Lydia Egunnike -- 7. No Uninvited Guests: Successful Pest Management in Historic Houses / Amber Xavier-Rowe and David Pinniger -- 8. Training for Museum Staff is a Prerequisite for Successful Insect Pest Management / Valerie Blyth -- 9. Trapping Used in a Large Store to Target Cleaning and Treatment / Helen Kingsley and David Pinniger -- 10. Grey Biscuits, Flying Carpets and Cigarettes: An Integrated Pest Management Programme in the Herbarium at Kew / Yvette Harvey -- 11. A Topical Solution to Tropical Museum Pest Control / Dean Sully, Liu Man-Yee and Lee Swee Mun -- 12. Insect Control: A Total Approach for Small and Remote Museums in the Tropics / Vinod Daniel -- 13. Practical Methods of Low Oxygen Atmosphere and Carbon Dioxide Treatments for Eradication of Pests in Japan / Rika Rigawa ... et al.] -- 14. Nitrogen Treatment: An Insect Case Study / Monika Akerlund and Jan-Erik Bergh -- 15. Carbon Dioxide Fumigation: Practical Case Study of a Long-Running Successful Pest Management Programme / Sue Warren - 16. Application of Carbon Dioxide for Pest Control of Buildings and Large Objects / Gerhard Binker -- 17. Feral Pigeons: A Forgotten Pest? / Susan Rees -- 18. Principles of Heat Disinfestation / zThomas J.K. Strang -- 19. Battle of the Beasts: Treatment of a Pest Infestation of the Mounted Mammal Collection at Liverpool Museum / Janet Berry -- 20. Collection in Peril: Insect Pest Eradication in Ethnology Storage at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada / Elizabeth C. Griffin
Analysis
Pests - Control
Insect pests - Control
Notes
" ... a joint conference of English Heritage, the Science Museum and the National Preservation Office."