档案工作者历来是默默无闻的,这不论是在中国,还是在西方都是如此。就以美国小说而论,不论在哪一类小说中,以档案工作者为主人公的一直是寥若晨星。然而近几年来,美国小说界出现了新动向,相继出版了好几部以档案工作者为主人公的小说。这些小说的作者(有的本人曾从事档案工作),间接地向社会宣传了档案工作的重要性。就笔者所见有这样几部以档案工作者为主人公的小说: Archivists have traditionally been obscure, whether in China or in the West. As far as the American novels are concerned, no matter in what type of novels, the archivist has always been a star of the moon. However, in recent years, there has been a new trend in the American novel community, and several publications have been published successively featuring archivists as their main characters. The authors of these novels, some of whom had engaged in archival work, indirectly promoted the importance of archival work to the public. As far as I can see, there are several fictions written by archivists: