Database of IPM References

This database was compiled by Amy Crossman and David Pinniger.

It was last updated in August 2018 and it is intended that it will be updated annually to include new references.

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Conservation References

Author Co-authors Year Title Type of Publication Specific Reference ISBN/ISSN Editor Language
Adriaens A 2005 Non-destructive analysis and testing of museum objects: An overview of 5 years of research. Paper Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 60, 2005, pp. 1503- 1516. English
Antonsson M Samuelsson M L 1996 Effects of repeated freezing on paper strength. Paper Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Materials Technology, pp. 2. English
Beiner G G Ogilvie T M A 2005 Thermal methods of pest eradication: Their effect on museum objects. Paper The Conservator Vol. 29, 2005/06, pp. 5- 18. 0140- 00960 English
Daniels V 1994 Environmental changes during freezing and thawing of enclosed environments. Paper The British Museum Department of Conservation, Conservation Research Section, pp. 1- 7. English
Daniels V Kibray R 1995 The effect of freezing on the mechanical properties of artefacts. Paper The British Museum Department of Conservation, Conservation Research Section, pp. 1- 8. English
Daniels V Kibray R 1996 A comparison of the use of breaking load and tensile energy absorption to measure strength changes caused by conservation processes. Paper The British Museum Department of Conservation, Conservation Research Section, pp. 2- 4. English
Daniels V Kibray R 1998 Effects of freezing on museum objects. Paper Conservation News 66, pp. 20- 21. English
Davis J J Gulson B L 2005 Ceiling (attic) dust: A "museum" of contamination and potential hazard. Paper Environmental Research 99, pp. 177- 194. English
Florian M L E 1986 The Freezing Process- Effects on insects and artifact materials. Paper Leather Conservation News 3 (1), pp. 1- 13. English
Florian M L E 1990 The effects of freezing and freeze-drying on natural history specimens. Paper Collection Forum 6 (2), pp. 45- 52. English
Gallo F 1985 Biological Factors in the deterioration of paper. Book Rome: ICCROM. English
Hawks C A 2001 Historical survey of the sources of contamination of ethnographic materials in museum collections. Paper Collection Forum 16, pp. 2- 11. English
Hawks C A Makos K, Bell D, Wambach P and Burroughs E 2004 An inexpensive method to test for mercury vapour in herbarium cabinets. Paper Taxon 53, pp. 783- 790. English
Kigawa R Strang T 2011 Effects of fumigants and non-chemical treatments on DNA molecules and proteins: case studies on natural history specimens and proteinaceous components of museum objects. Paper In: Integrated Pest Management for Collections. Proceedings of 2011: A Pest Odyssey, 10 Years Later. London, 26- 28th October, 2011. Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 115- 122. 9781848021143 Winsor P, Pinniger D, Bacon L, Child B, Harris K, Lauder D, Phippard J and Xavier-Rowe A English
Koestler R J Parreira E, Santoro E D and Noble P 1993 Visual effects of selected biocides on easel painting materials. Paper Studies in Conservation, 38, 1993, pp. 265- 273. English
Kowalik R 1979 Some remarks of a microbiologist on protection of library materials against insects. Paper Restaurator 3, pp. 117- 122. English
Oyarzun R Higueras P, Esbri J M and Pizarro J 2007 Mercury in air and plant specimens in herbaria: A pilot study at the MAF Herbarium in Madrid, Spain. Paper Science of the Total Environment 387, pp. 346- 352. English
Pereira M Hammond B 2001 Chronology of pesticides used on national park service collections. Paper National Park Service Conserve O Gram 2: 16, pp. 1- 7. English
Purewal V Colston B and Rohrs 2008 Developing a simple screening method for the identification of historic biocide residues on herbarium material in museum collections. Paper X-Ray Spectrometry 37, pp. 137- 141. English
Rowe S 2003 The effect of insect fumigation by anoxia on textiles dyed with Prussian blue. Paper Studies in Conservation 49, pp. 259- 270. 0039- 3630 English
Shchepanek M J 1996 Observations of temperature and relative humidity during the cooling and warming of botanical specimens for insect pest control. Paper Collection Forum, 12 (1), pp. 1-7. English
Spears R A Purewal V and Thompson J P 2007 Exposure to heavy metals from herbarium specimens in the National Museum of Wales (NMW), Cardiff. Paper In: XXVII International Congress of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxocologists, Athens, pp. 1. English
Spivak S M Worth J and F E Wood 1981 Assessing the effects of pesticidal chemicals on historic textiles. Book Chapter 4 in: Preservation of paper and textiles of historic and artistic value II. Advances in chemistry series 193, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, pp. 333- 343. English
Tonin C Innocenti R, Cravello B, Songia M B and Di Nola Pesticides and carpets: Identification, quantitative analysis and removal. Paper Newsletter, pp. 24- 26. English
Walker K Bacon L 1987 A condition survey of specimens in the Horniman Museum- A progress report. Paper In: Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts, Proceedings of the Institute for Archaeology Jubilee Conservation Conference, London. Pp 337- 339. English
West G 2003 The renovation game. Forty of your restoration questions answered. Paper Period Living and Traditional Homes, 2003, p. 123- 128. English
Williams S L Hawks C A and Weber S G 1986 Considerations in the use of DDVP resin strips for insect pest control in biological research collections. Paper Biodeterioration VI (Session VII), pp. 345- 350. English