Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Prevention and Treatment in Public Libraries

  PLA Webinar:
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Prevention and Treatment in Public Libraries

October 28; 1:00 PM Central

So, your library has discovered bed bugs in your facility or collections. Or maybe your library is lucky and hasn’t yet had a bed bug introduction, but you’d like to be prepared if and when that introduction happens, so you’re not trying to have months worth of policy discussions in a few hours or days.

This webinar will provide everything you need to know, from identifying bed bugs, to ways they are introduced into the library, to treatment and mitigation options that will help you protect your library’s facilities and collections on a daily basis. Libraries around the country and world have successfully dealt with bed bugs—you can too! Instructor Sarah Kitrell is the author of the forthcoming PLA publication, Bed Bug Abatement in Public Libraries.

At the conclusion of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

  • Know how to identify bed bugs and the signs that materials have been in a home with bed bugs;
  • Recognize the problem areas in facilities and collections that staff should pay close attention to every day, in order to prevent bed bug introductions from becoming infestations; and
  • Understand treatment and mitigation options to protect facilities and collections.

This webinar is intended for all library staff, but particularly those in administration, as well as those working with collections, facilities, and circulation.

Instructor:
Sarah Kittrell, collection development division manager, Wichita (Kans.) Public Library

Date: October 28, 2015

Time:
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern
1:00–2:00 PM Central
12:00–1:00 PM Mountain
11:00 AM–12:00 PM Pacific

Registration Information:

 

Individual Registration
• PLA Member: $28.00
• ALA Member: $31.50
• Nonmember: $35.00
Group Registration
• Group of any size: $129.00