Presentation of COSADOCA
The COSADOCA (Consortium to save estate documentation in case of disaster) aims at an inter-institutional collaboration for the saving of estate documents in case of a catastrophe in the west zone of Lausanne (Dorigny and EPFL). Created in 2003, this consortium reunites:
THE CANTONAL ARCHIVE OF THE CANTON OF VAUD (ACV)
A free public institute in the service of memoirs and of estates. The cantonal archive conserves the archives of the public administration of the canton of Vaud and private archives for a total of more than 1800 funds.
THE CANTONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF LAUSANNE (BCU)
A public institution with a calling concerning estates - cultural and academic. The BCU offers the user more than 1, 8 million documents and conserves estates made up of a diversity of tens of thousands of precious books and manuscripts.
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY OF THE EPFL OF LAUSANNE (BC)
A specialized library in science and technology which offers its services to students, researchers, teachers and private people. They deal with archiving and spreading theses from the EPFL and conserving, among other things, a collection of rare and precious books.
The website of COSADOCA
This website contains the following information:
Who are we?
A general presentation of COSADOCA and of the institutions which are part of it. A description of some of the cases of accidents which have taken place in these last years.
Disaster plan
In this website you can find a brief explanation of the plan for urgencies. The plans in case of a catastrophe in the institutions of the COSADOCA are accessible by way of examples.
Practical Scheme
More than 70 practical schemes concerning the preservation, conservation and restoration of documents.
Book of specialists
This address contains a book of specialists in the preservation, conservation and restoration of documents. Among other things you can find the principal Swiss suppliers of material for conservation.
To know more
A bibliography and reference web concerning the protection of the estate documentation.
Intranet
This part is reserved for collaborators of the COSADOCA institutions.
Dernière mise à jour : 10.3.2008