Study on integrated pest management for libraries and
archivesStudy on integrated pest management for libraries and
archives
Table of contents (119 p.)
prepared by
Thomas A. Parker
Original : English
PGI-88/WS/20
Paris, October 1988
General Information Programme and UNISIST
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
This document is the photographic reproduction of the author's text
Recommended catalogue entry :
PARKER (Thomas A.). - Study on integrated pest management for libraries and archives / prepared by Thomas A. Parker [for the] General Information Programme and UNISIST.- Paris : Unesco, 1988. - 119 p. ; 30 cm. - (PGI-88/WS/20)
I - Title
II - Unesco. General Information Programme and UNISIST
III - Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP)
© Unesco, 1988
Purpose of the study
Perspectives on pest management in libraries and archives
Hazards of pests in libraries and archives
Health concerns arising from pesticide use in buildings
Management responsibility for an effective, safe program
Major pests of libraries and archives: their habits and life histories
Silverfish and firebrats
The "bookworms"
Cockroaches
Psocids or booklice
Carpet beetles
Clothes motes
Termites
Mice
Rats
Molds and mildew
Recognition of damage caused by pests in libraries, archives, and their collections
Silverfish
The "bookworms"
Cockroaches
Psocids or booklice
Carpet beetles
Clothes moths
Termites
Mice
Rats
Management of library and archival pests
The role of insecticides in library insect control programs
Exterior and interior rodent control programs
The use of fumigants for pest control
Alternative pest management methods
Mechanical and physical control
Application of integrated pest management to library, archival, and collection pest problems
Surveying the pest pressures on the structure and collections
Initiating an integrated pest management program
Fireproof safes and filing cabinets