Notice bibliographique du personnel « A review on integrated pest management in museums and related institutions: basic concepts and practical steps for introduction »
A review on integrated pest management in museums and related institutions: basic concepts and practical steps for introduction
Auteur ou éditeur
Strang, Thomas J.K.
Kigawa, Rika
Nagaya, Natsuko
Sonoda, Naoko
Hidaka, Shingo
Date de publication
2003
Collation
76-102
Titre de la source
Bunkazai hozon-syuhuku gakkaisi [Kobunkazai no Kagaku]
Numéro de la source
vol. 47
Résumé
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is now a crucial procedure for pest control in museums and related institutions worldwide. Many inquiries have come to the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo from institutions in Japan requesting more information on IPM and practical steps for its introduction. The main purpose of this review is to discuss the fundamental concepts of IPM for a better understanding of its strategy and flow, and then to describe the basic, critical and practical steps for implementing IPM in museums and related institutions in Japan. First we review the origin of the idea and concepts of IPM, citing literature from the field of agriculture. Though agriculture and conservation of cultural property seem to be different in many aspects, their objectives with IPM are quite similar. Secondly, although there is excellent literature worldwide describing a systematic IPM approach for cultural institutions, little is available in Japanese. Therefore, we have tried to review the points of a systematic framework in IPM to facilitate introduction of IPM in museums and related institutions in Japan. Finally, some examples of institutions with a high regard for IPM are described to illustrate its practical application. One example is the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan, while the other two examples are from abroad, the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Cultural Resources Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D. C.
