档案事业是一种社会公益性文化事业,表现为满足公民对档案信息资源的需求、保障公民对档案信息资源的基本权益、实现社会公众对档案信息资源的共享。在国外,档案馆、图书馆、博物馆共同发挥作用,构成国家公益文化设施的三根支柱。但是在我国,档案馆的作用却鲜为人知,档案信息资源长年尘 Archives is a social welfare cultural undertakings, manifested in satisfying citizens ’demand for archival information resources, protecting citizens’ basic rights and interests in archival information resources and realizing the public’s sharing of archival information resources. In foreign countries, archives, libraries and museums work together to form the three pillars of national public cultural facilities. However, in our country, the role of archives is little known, and the information resources of archives have been dusty for many years