Christine Ardern is Manager of Archives and Records Management at the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto. The 7 person unit is
responsible for archives, records management and fine art consulting
services within the CIBC Group of Companies, which includes its
subsidiaries internationally. In this capacity, the staff provides
advice on record-keeping options, including optional storage media and
participates in business process design and engineering projects in
partnership with the Operations and Technology consultants. In
addition, the unit establishes policies, procedures and standards for
record-keeping to address the internal business needs, risk related
issues, corporate archival needs as well as external regulatory
requirements. In an corporate environment which consistently aims to
reduce paper and which continually looks for ways to implement new
technologies, electronic record-keeping issues are a major concern,
given the regulatory framework within which CIBC operates. In
addition to having been involved record-keeping for the last 20 years
in a variety of organizations Christine has been a regular speaker on
archives and records management issues and is incoming president-elect
of ARMA International.
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16 June 1997