HyperRAD: A case study in developing electronic manuals for archives

Abstract

This case study describes an experiment to compare the use of the printed paperbased version of the Canadian Rules for Archival Description with its hypertext prototype, HyperRAD. The results of the experiment revealed no statistically significant differences in user efficiency or effectiveness or in user preference for either tool. The article concludes with some recommendations for further development.The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Archives of Canada through the Canadian Council of Archives, and the material support of the School of Library and Information Studies, Dalhousie University.