《档案馆工作通则》第三条,规定了档案馆的工作之一是:“接收与征集档案”。(见《档案工作》1983年第3期) 这里,用“接收”与“征集”两个词,替代了通常使用的“收集”一词。那么,“收集”与“接收”和“征集”是个什么关系呢?这三个词的涵义又有什么异同呢?查阅了《词典》、《辞海》,得悉如下解释: Article 3 of the General Rules for the Work of Archives stipulates that one of the tasks of the archives is “to receive and collect archives.” (See Archives, Issue 3, 1983) Here, the word “collection” is used instead of the word “reception” and “solicitation”. So what is the relationship between “collection” and “reception” and “solicitation”? What are the similarities and differences between the meanings of these three terms? Having read “Dictionary” and “Cihai”, we learn the following explanations: