6. Joan K. Haas, Helen Willa Samuels, and Barbara Trippel Simmons. Appraising the Records of Modern Science and Technology: A Guide (Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ). This resource details difficulties with collecting records in the recent history of science and technology at corporation as a result of proprietary concerns. It also discusses early challenges posed by machine readable records and the uncertainty of how to address rapidly changing computer and software technology. Also see Clark A. Elliott, ed. Understanding Progress as Process: Documentation of the History of Post-War Science and Technology in the United States. Final Report of the Joint Committee on Archives of Science and Technology (Chicago: The Society of American Archivists, 1983) for discussion of unique factors in collecting and preserving documentation of the recent history of science and technology.