Hello, A large collection of videotapes may be coming to my institution on temporary deposit until the tapes can be reformatted and the digitized video transferred to a managed environment. During an assessment of the collection at the current, less than ideal storage location, dead silverfish nymphs were discovered inside several Betacam cassettes, and the move is now on hold until I can come up with a mitigation plan.
Alternative secure locations in town are unlikely to be found, and I expect that an approach that involves labour-intensive container inspection, cleaning, re-boxing, and container sealing is the most likely approach that will be used to eliminate or control any potentially live insect pests in this collection. However, before proceeding, I thought I'd check to see what others may have used before I decide upon any one particular approach. Does anyone know of an archives or similar institution that has used sanitation, cool, heat, or fumigation to eliminate silverfish or other insect pests from magnetic tape collections? I'd be interested in knowing about things like costs, safety issues, how successful the method was, and if the method caused any damage (e.g., separation of lubricants from tape formulation...). Thank you in advance for any advice or suggestions you can provide. Best regards, [cid:[email protected]] Rob Ridgen Manager Tourism and Culture | Yukon Archives T 867-667-3556 | C 867-332-4456 | Yukon.ca -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/YQXPR01MB3974ACA2758A033FEBF7C4B99100A%40YQXPR01MB3974.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
