科学具有重要的、独特的多样性功能。作为一门社会科学,档案学在具有科学基本功能的同时,也拥有自身特色,但已有研究对此界定得并不准确。在综合考虑学科特性、时代特点、国情现状的基础上,当代中国档案学的功能应包括:认知功能、方法功能、媒介功能、思想文化功能、社会管理功能、政治功能。 Science has important, unique diversity functions. As a social science, archives science has its own characteristics as well as basic functions of science. However, previous studies have not accurately defined it. On the basis of comprehensively considering the characteristics of the subject, the characteristics of the times and the actuality of the national conditions, the functions of contemporary Chinese archives should include: cognitive function, method function, media function, ideological and cultural function, social management function and political function.