@conference {4213, title = {Keep collections alive: The 12th January 2014 flood in the BnF as a lesson for the improvement of the Emergency Plan}, booktitle = {IFLA WLIC 2014. Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge. Session 209 - Preservation and Management of Documentary Cultural Heritage}, year = {2014}, month = {2014/08/21}, publisher = {IFLA}, organization = {IFLA}, abstract = {

In the afternoon of Sunday, 12th January 2014, the breaking of a pipe joint in the main building of the French national Library (Fran{\c c}ois-Mitterrand site) caused a huge flood which soaked several thousands of cultural heritage books and periodicals. The Emergency plan was immediately put in activity and during about a month a large part of BnF teams was involved to evacuate, check, list, sort, dry and flatten the wet materials. Even if the rescue is still far from the end, it is already now obvious that almost no document will be lost thanks to the skills and the involvement of the staff. But, even if the implementation of BnF emergency plan was a success globally speaking, some aspects of its organization must clearly be improved, particularly in the general coordination, and team preparation and management. We{\textquoteleft}ll focus notably on the {\textquotedblleft}crisis management{\textquotedblright} which is crucial to make the organization immediately efficient at the different steps of the disaster. With the benefit of the next months, this paper aims to assess impartially the results of the intervention and to draw from it all the technical and organizational lessons necessary to make our operation even more efficient in the future.

Dans l{\textquoteright}apr{\`e}s-midi du dimanche 12 janvier 2014, la rupture d{\textquoteright}un joint d{\textquoteright}une canalisation interne provoqua une importante fuite d{\textquoteright}eau dans quelques magasins du principal site de la BnF (Fran{\c c}ois-Mitterrand), mouillant plusieurs milliers de livres et p{\'e}riodiques patrimoniaux. Le plan d{\textquoteright}urgence fut aussit{\^o}t d{\'e}clench{\'e} et pendant pr{\`e}s d{\textquoteright}un mois, de tr{\`e}s nombreux personnels se relay{\`e}rent pour {\'e}vacuer, examiner, lister, trier, s{\'e}cher et remettre {\`a} plat les documents ab{\^\i}m{\'e}s. M{\^e}me si l{\textquoteright}op{\'e}ration est loin d{\textquoteright}{\^e}tre termin{\'e}e on est d{\'e}j{\`a} presque certain que gr{\^a}ce {\`a} la mobilisation et les comp{\'e}tences de tous, la quasi-totalit{\'e} des documents aura pu {\^e}tre sauv{\'e}e. Mais, m{\^e}me si le dispositif mis en place a globalement bien fonctionn{\'e}, certains aspects du plan d{\textquoteright}urgence devront certainement {\^e}tre am{\'e}lior{\'e}s, en particulier dans la coordination g{\'e}n{\'e}rale, la pr{\'e}paration et l{\textquoteright}encadrement des {\'e}quipes. On insistera notamment sur l{\textquoteright}importance de la {\guillemotleft} culture de crise {\guillemotright} pour que le dispositif soit imm{\'e}diatement efficace aux diff{\'e}rentes {\'e}tapes de la gestion du sinistre. Cette intervention visera, en b{\'e}n{\'e}ficiant de quelques mois de recul suppl{\'e}mentaires, {\`a} faire un bilan {\`a} froid de l{\textquoteright}intervention et {\`a} en tirer les le{\c c}ons organisationnelles et techniques qui rendront notre dispositif encore plus efficace {\`a} l{\textquoteright}avenir.

}, url = {http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/842}, author = {C{\'e}line Allain and Philippe Vallas} }