Getting Started with IPM Webinar Recording

We went digging in the vault to share this webinar recording from 2023. Join Allison Lewis for Don't Be Bugged by Pests: Get Started with IPM in Your Institution. The recording is now available for on-demand viewing.

Topics Discussed

• What is IPM and why is it important?

• First Steps: Assessing pest risk and activity

• Using Insect Monitors

• Recording & Analyzing Pest Data

Recommended Links from Allison

Websites & Webinars

• MuseumPests.net
• What's Eating Your Collection?
• Connecting to Collections Care: Stressed About Pests? Webinars
• Collections Stewardship of AAM: FUNdamentals of Museum IPM Webinar
• Conserv: IPM for Collections Course

Books & Presentations

• FUNdamentals of Museum IPM by Christa Deacy-Quinn
• Analysing and presenting pest occurrence data by Christian Baars and Jane Henderson
• Combatting Pests of Cultural Property by Tom Strang and Rika Kigawa
• Books by David Pinniger
  • Pests in Houses Great & Small (2018)
  • Integrated Pest Management in Cultural Heritage (2015)

Posters

• Insects Limited – Insect Pests of Museums in North America Identification Poster
• English Heritage – Insect Pests found in Historic Houses and Museums