Details and Recommendations for an IPM Program

1. Appoint an IPM Coordinator.
2. Train staff on how properly to recognize trace evidence left by pests.
3. Monitor rooms using traps targeted for specific types of walking insects. Monitoring the presence of flying insects using traps that emit green light (Sample of a monitoring list (PDF)).
4. Keeping the entire collection and all rooms used for collection storage clean.
5. Not storing any collections in rooms with relative air humidity over 55% and temperatures above 20°C.

1. Appoint an IPM Coordinator.
2. Create plans or sketches of the rooms.
3. Conduct a detailed evaluation of the object, potential points of pest entry and pest walking routes, identifying which areas are especially in danger of an infestation (enter this data into the pest control plan).
4. Monitor the rooms using traps targeted for specific types of insects. Monitoring the presence of flying insects using traps that emit green lights (Sample of a monitoring list (PDF)).
5. Creating a detailed schedule for inspections for all rooms.

1. Check the cleaning schedules and introduce relevant changes if needed.
2. Check the proper logistics used in handling inventories in libraries and museums, especially the quarantine strategy for incoming collections.
3. Instruct staff on IPM goals and principles and create employee awareness of the necessity of complying with IMP recommendations.
4. Evaluate whether staff training is necessary.
5. Develop a short-term and long-term IPM strategy.
6. Determine an IPM budget while considering implementation and rollout costs.
7. Conduct an annual assessment of the IPM program.