Thank you, everyone, for your comments. Definitely all things to consider as we start our planning.
Alan > On Aug 6, 2019, at 3:45 PM, Katherine Fecteau <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Alan (and all), > > We recently had to temporarily relocate roughly 16,000 objects from a wing of > our collections building in preparation for compact shelving installation. We > were fortunate enough to be able to rehouse all the objects within the > collections building and thus did not have to deal with moving everything to > a secondary location. Portions of the building have become temporarily very > crowded, however, and we saturated these areas with blunder traps to detect > any pest issues that might arise from the relocation. This move provided us > with an excellent opportunity to review all the objects in this wing for pest > issues and quarantine those determined to have active or recently active pest > populations. Overall, on the pest frontier, we had few issues. > > The major issue we ran into time and time again was mold. The shelving we > deconstructed did not allow for adequate ventilation under the bottom shelf > of each unit, and we found hidden mold under almost every row of shelves. > Though I hope you will have no need to do so, depending on the age of your > building and the environment within, I would highly recommend stocking up on > personal protective equipment, plastic bags, and possibly bleach (for > sterilizing modern surfaces) ahead of time. If the budget allows, a > stand-alone air purifier is helpful as well. > > Best of luck! > > Sincerely, > > Katherine > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alan P Van Dyke > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2019 11:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [pestlist] remodeling building, collections storage and bugs > > Hi everyone, > > Our institution is currently going through some planning for a potential > remodel of our collections storage areas. As one can easily surmise, there > are a lot of things to consider, lots of decisions to be made, and lots of > unexpected surprises to reveal themselves. > > I would very much like to hear from anyone who has recently had to move large > portions or the entirety of their collections, used temporary remote storage > or had to mass-house collections. What IPM issues did you encounter? What > worked and didn't work? Even broader advice about collections care > management is welcome. I know this stretches a bit beyond the scope of this > list, but on the other hand, environment, proper storage and housings all fit > in with IPM. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > Alan Van Dyke > Senior Preservation Technician > Harry Ransom Center > The University of Texas at Austin > P.O. Drawer 7219 > Austin, TX 78713-7219 > P: 512-232-4614 > www.hrc.utexas.edu > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3ZLT4SQEW1NcM8Hq06XL42e-C%2B0So5_H_dJ6J9-CNSvgQ%40mail.gmail.com. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BN8PR18MB2946DF90765B43E04BE7FCACCAD50%40BN8PR18MB2946.namprd18.prod.outlook.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BE6304F5-834B-4D8D-ABC3-80159489931C%40utexas.edu.
