Health & safety for museum professionals / edited by Catharine Hawks ... [et al.] ; managing editor, Susan H. Butts.
Alternate Title(s):
Health and safety for museum professionals
Published / Created:
New York : Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections ; 2010.[S.l.] : Health & Safety Committee of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, 2010.
Physical Description:
647 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Safety and health programs & emergency management / Michael McCann -- Facility design & construction / F. Robb Altenburg ... [et al.] -- Fire program management / Bryan L. Stemen -- Occupational medicine and exposure assessment / Joseph Ladou, Dennis C. Ertel Jr. -- Occupational hazard control / Kathryn A. Makos, Dennis C. Ertel Jr., Michael McCann -- Environmental protection / Mark Hughes ... [et al.] -- International safety regulations impacting the acquisition, use, and transport of museum specimens / Frank Simione -- Particulate hazards / Jaime Szeinuk -- Chemical hazards / Angela Babin ... [et al.] -- Biohazards / Darin S. Carroll ... [et al.] -- Physical, mechanical, and electrical hazards / Margaret Skimina, Peter Gorton -- Ionizing radiation and lasers / Henry B. Spitz, David H. Sliney -- Facilities management / Daniel H. Davies -- The emergency management cycle / Katharine A. Untch -- Collections management / John E. Simmons -- Fieldwork / Stephen L. Williams ... [et al.] -- Conservation / Lisa Goldberg ... [et al.] -- Exhibit production & maintenance / Pamela B. Hatchfield -- Interpretive and interactive programs / Patricia Balderson, Harold Banks.
Subject Terms:
Museums -- Safety measures. | Museums -- Employees -- Health and hygiene. | Cultural property -- Protection.
Contributors:
Hawks, Catharine A. | Butts, Susan H. | Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.