一、文件在社会中的作用和目的档案是政府机关、学术和文化机构、商业企业和社会团体保存的文件.档案由文件组成,文件具体存在,档案工作者保存它们.但是,什么是文件呢?它们在人类社会中的作用是什么呢?我们很少提出这个问题.作为档案工作者,我们的注意力主要集中在如何处置文件上,而不是研究它们为何存在.但是,如果我们思考一下并了解我们为什么会先有文件的话,我们便会成为更优秀的档案工作者.这一点在当今时代尤其如此,电子通讯和电子信息正居于压倒一切的地位,几乎要完全取代文件.在现代社会里,有的人甚至可以在完全不需要一份文件的情况下履行他们的职能.在人类社会的早期,文字出现之前是没有文件的.我们旧石器时代的祖先仅局限于和那些在空间和时间上与他们相近的人进行交往.在过去的某个地方,由于出现了一种与某个不在现场的人进行交流的需要(我 I. The role and purpose of documents in society Archives are documents held by government agencies, academic and cultural institutions, commercial enterprises and social organizations. The archives consist of documents, which exist in concrete form and are kept by archivists. However, what is a document What role do they play in human society? We seldom ask this question, and as archivists, our focus is on how to deal with the documents rather than on why they exist, but if we think about it and Knowing why we have documents first, we are going to be better archivists, especially in today’s world, where electronic communications and electronic messages are overwhelming and almost completely replacing documents. In modern society , And some may even perform their functions without the need for a document. In the early days of human society there was no document until the words appeared.Our Paleolithic ancestry was confined to those who lived in space and time On the people close to them to engage in. In the past somewhere, due to the emergence of a not present People need to communicate (I