On April 29, 2021, Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Biebl, expert for museum pests, will give an online lecture on integrated pest management in archives, libraries, collections and museums as part of the event series on “Conservation” at the University and State Library Darmstadt
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In the lecture "Paperfish & Co in the context of integrated pest management (IPM) in collections and museums", Stephan Biebl talks about integrated pest management in archives, libraries, collections and museums. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
In the digital event series on the topic of “Conservation”, the University and State Library Darmstadt shares its expertise in the field of conservation of library and archive materials. The program offers librarians, archivists, conservators and all interested parties a wide range of expert presentations followed by specialist discussions.
On April 29, 2021 at 3:00 pm, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Stephan Biebl, expert for museum pests, will give a lecture on integrated pest management in archives, libraries, collections and museums in the lecture “Papierfischchen & Co im Rahmen des Integrierten Schädlingsmanagements (IPM) in Sammlungen und Museen”. The expert will begin with an overview of paperfish and other fish species and provide information on their biology, introduction, damage and countermeasures as part of integrated pest management. This will be followed by an overview of other museum pests. In addition, Stephan Biebl will present the new information portal on museum pests in German, which is designed to support daily conservation practice.
Interested parties can register for the event by e-mail at bestandserhaltung@ulb.tu-darmstadt.de. The lecture is free of charge and will take place via the Zoom communication platform. This further education series is also supported by third-party funding from the KEK, BKM and KSL. Further information can be found at: https://janamoczarski.de/bestandserhaltung2021/
Tip: In the RESTAURO article Paperfish Update 2020, Stephan Biebl reports on observations from the field that show that paperfish are increasingly appearing in various public and private buildings and are spreading widely in Germany.