《档案学概论》(主编吴宝康,副主编和宝荣、丁永奎,中国人民大学出版社出版。以下简称《概论》的出版,是档案学发展史上的一件大事。这部老、中、青合作编写的《概论》,是我看到的档案学著作中理论性最强、最具学术价值和指导意义的著作之一,作为一个档案事业的热心人,看到这本著作,感到由衷地高兴。我认为《概论》具有以下三个显著的特点: Introduction to Archives (edited by Wu Baokang, associate editor and Bao Rong, Ding Yongkui and published by Renmin University of China Press) The publication of “Introduction”, hereinafter referred to as the “Introduction to Archives”, is a major event in the history of archival science. The “Introduction” I wrote is one of the most theoretically significant and most scholarly and guiding works that I have seen in archival work. As an enthusiast of the archival career, I am delighted to see this book I think the “Introduction” has the following three salient features: