New Resource Type Proposals
As the number of titles in the Logos catalogue expands we want to make the categorization better so that you can find the exact type of books you’re looking for.
We took steps to address this by adding 23 new resource types.
We’d like to add more. Please add your suggestions in this thread.
Suggestions include:
Ancient Manuscript Commentary: A commentary or notes on an ancient manuscript.
Anthology: In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term "anthology" typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "complete works" or "opera omnia" (Latin equivalent).
Canonical History:
Edited Volume
Introduction: A general introduction to a person or topic.
Liturgical theology and worship:
Monographic Series:
Proceedings: A book of articles written by different authors who present them at a scientific conference
Reader: A book of collected texts assembled for learning purposes. Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works. A standard basal series comes with individual identical books for students, a Teacher's Edition of the book, and a collection of workbooks, assessments, and activities.
Survey:
Textbook:
Comments
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I have my library tagged similar to the classification shown when viewing a base package on the Logos website. I always thought those would be good classifications for types. It would make it easier for others to find what is currently monographs and create collections or searches.
Here is an example... only the top portion:
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Good suggestion, John.
Kyle, will there be a type for fiction/novels so we can easily hide them?
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Kyle, do introductory/survey books such as the sheffield series (Davies, P. R. Daniel. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.) go under the Old Testament survey or do I ask for a new category?
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Edited Volume
This we desperately need, on the assumption that by it you mean works that would constitute a festschrift if they were actually dedicated to somebody.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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I have my library tagged similar to the classification shown when viewing a base package on the Logos website. I always thought those would be good classifications for types. It would make it easier for others to find what is currently monographs and create collections or searches.
Thanks John. I've added the ones I could to my list of working proposals.
FWIW we've had internal discussions about better classification of types of Bibles: e.g. English, Spanish, Greek, Latin, OT only, NT only, Apocrypha only, single book, etc. but we'll need to develop something other than resource type to do it. The type "Bible" is so baked into our system that it would be incredibly difficult to change.Kyle, will there be a type for fiction/novels so we can easily hide them?
I added "Fiction" to our list. This would be very helpful.
Kyle, do introductory/survey books such as the sheffield series (Davies, P. R. Daniel. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.) go under the Old Testament survey or do I ask for a new category?
Right now we're thinking of this as a new category. I have a whole document called "grey" areas. [:D] Basically it must means more Resource Types.
We actually introduced a Festschrift Resource Type with 9.3 so this would be distinct. Technically "Edited Volume" is something that is already supported but I held of on introducing any books with the type as I wanted to spend a bit more time with it thinking about how to delineate the difference between "Complete Works", "Collected Works", "Edited Volume", and "Monographic Series".Edited Volume
This we desperately need, on the assumption that by it you mean works that would constitute a festschrift if they were actually dedicated to somebody.
At this juncture I'm leaning toward thinking of "Edited Volume" as a title that is monographic in nature, i.e. it's about one topic, and it features a collection of new or previously published works about that topic.0 -
Kyle, I like the direction this is going. I think a good goal would be to have minimal resources that are type:monograph.
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Kyle, I like the direction this is going. I think a good goal would be to have minimal resources that are type:monograph.
Glad to hear it. I don't love all our current resource types but they're functional. Ultimately our goal is the same as the one you stated: minimal resources that are type:Monograph.
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We actually introduced a Festschrift Resource Type with 9.3 so this would be distinct.Edited Volume
This we desperately need, on the assumption that by it you mean works that would constitute a festschrift if they were actually dedicated to somebody.
Right. Ergo works that would be a festschrift if they were actually dedicated to somebody.
At this juncture I'm leaning toward thinking of "Edited Volume" as a title that is monographic in nature, i.e. it's about one topic, and it features a collection of new or previously published works about that topic.
And they are by multiple people. So this would not qualify, but this would.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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Seem like there should be a Counseling resource type given the Guide.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Hi Kyle
Kyle, I like the direction this is going. I think a good goal would be to have minimal resources that are type:monograph.
Glad to hear it. I don't love all our current resource types but they're functional. Ultimately our goal is the same as the one you stated: minimal resources that are type:Monograph.
Like John I like this direction but one thing just occurred to me.
At the moment, in a basic search I can select all resources of type:monograph to search in - it is a quick and easy way of searching all of my resources that aren't Bibles or commentaries (and a few other types). We would presumably lose this functionality under this new model - would we need to do more work on making Collections to cater for this type of search?
I'm not sure if it's a real issue but I just wanted to raise and explore it.
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Previously suggested but not on list: Hermeneutic/Exegesis/Bible study
Suggestion I though already existed because of the default collection for church documents.
A category for "church documents' that would include resources such as these:
church documents BibliographyCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Circular Letter on the Sacrament of Penance. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Concerning Some Objections to the Church’s Teaching on the Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2003.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Declaration for Safeguarding the Belief in the Mysteries of the Incarnation and of the Most Holy Trinity against Some Recent Errors. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1972.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Declaration in Defence of the Catholic Doctrine on the Church against Certain Errors of the Present Day (Mysterium Ecclesiae). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1973.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics (Persona Humana). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1975.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Declaration on Euthanasia (Iura Bona). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1980.
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2007.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Dominus Iesus: Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church. Translated by Vatican City. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000.
Congregation for the Clergy. General Directory for Catechesis. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998.
Congregation for Catholic Education. Guide to the Training of Future Priests Concerning the Instruments of Social Communication. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1986.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction Ad Resurgendum Cum Christo Regarding the Burial of the Deceased and the Conservation of the Ashes in the Case of Cremation. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2016.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2008.
Sacred Congregation of Rites. Instruction Musicam Sacram. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1967.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on Certain Aspects of the “Theology of Liberation” (Libertatis Nuntius). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1984.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on Infant Baptism. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1980.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on Prayers for Healing. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation (Donum Vitae). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1987.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian (Donum Veritatis). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1990.
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Redemptionis Sacramentum: On Certain Matters to Be Observed or to Be Avoided Regarding the Most Holy Eucharist. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2004.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter “Iuvenescit Ecclesia” to the Bishops of the Catholic Church Regarding the Relationship between Hierarchical and Charismatic Gifts in the Life and the Mission of the Church. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2016.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter on Certain Questions Concerning Eschatology. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1979.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church Concerning the Reception of Holy Communion by the Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1989.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion (Communionis Notio). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2004.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1986.
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Liturgiam Authenticam: On the Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Note on the Expression “Sister Churches.” Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Note on the Minister of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2005.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Note with Pastoral Recommendations for the Year of Faith. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2012.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Notification on the Book “Jesus Symbol of God” by Father Roger Haight S. J. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2006.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Notification Regarding Certain Writings of Father Marciano Vidal. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1998.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Question of the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Regulations for Doctrinal Examination (Ratio Agendi). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Response of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith about the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2007.
Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The Roman Liturgy and Inculturation. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons. Vatican City State: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992.
Exported from Verbum, 3:00 PM March 12, 2021.Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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We need a category for studies of the Bible other than commentaries: It would include works such as:
- the series Analecta Biblica
- the series Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series
- the series Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series
- the series Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament series
- the series Library of New Testament series
- the series Paternoster Biblical Monographs
This is my most desired and most used grouping not surrently supported.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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At the moment, in a basic search I can select all resources of type:monograph to search in - it is a quick and easy way of searching all of my resources that aren't Bibles or commentaries (and a few other types). We would presumably lose this functionality under this new model - would we need to do more work on making Collections to cater for this type of search?
Speaking for myself, the mishmash in monographs made it rarely used by myself. There are two things I suspect are problematic:
- I don't see a situation where I would not want both Bible Study and Study Guide as currently defined -- if the first were Bible and the second non-Bible, I could see it but as book vs. topical I don't see this.
- Handbooks, I think is problematic because they often are better treated according to their topic (the ones on worship, hymns, counseling ...) I'll see what I think after working with it for a while.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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FWIW we've had internal discussions about better classification of types of Bibles: e.g. English, Spanish, Greek, Latin, OT only, NT only, Apocrypha only, single book, etc. but we'll need to develop something other than resource type to do it. The type "Bible" is so baked into our system that it would be incredibly difficult to change.
I don't mind those appearing in resource Information, but definitely don't change type:Bible (or any other baked Type such as Lexicon, where one could find a plethora of alternatives). Just reduce the Monograph count (which will attract about as much change threads as Factbook 2!).
Dave
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At the moment, in a basic search I can select all resources of type:monograph to search in - it is a quick and easy way of searching all of my resources that aren't Bibles or commentaries (and a few other types). We would presumably lose this functionality under this new model - would we need to do more work on making Collections to cater for this type of search?
I have tagged 522 out of 923 Monographs and 504 non-Monograph types. So I would potentially only be interested in resources with {MyTag None} and examine them by Type, or refine the filter e.g. {MyTag None} -type:(Bible, Bible-Commentary), which shows 401 monographs currently.
It's fair to say that I'm not interested in tagging further monographs, but it will be interesting to see how new types cross over with my tags e.g. mytag:Apologetics includes the new type Handbook, one Sermon type and two Study Bible. Handbook is too generic for me. The Sermon consists of addresses that largely suit an Apologetics audience for me, and one Study Bible has the "basic principles of witnessing"!
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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At the moment, in a basic search I can select all resources of type:monograph to search in - it is a quick and easy way of searching all of my resources that aren't Bibles or commentaries (and a few other types). We would presumably lose this functionality under this new model - would we need to do more work on making Collections to cater for this type of search?
I'm not sure if it's a real issue but I just wanted to raise and explore it.
I use this type of search quite often too. I'd need to make a Collection of "Basic Search Books" that would be my entire library minus Bibles, Commentaries, Apparatuses, Atlases, Grammars, and such.
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At the moment, in a basic search I can select all resources of type:monograph to search in - it is a quick and easy way of searching all of my resources that aren't Bibles or commentaries (and a few other types). We would presumably lose this functionality under this new model - would we need to do more work on making Collections to cater for this type of search?
I'm not sure if it's a real issue but I just wanted to raise and explore it.
Under the old typing, you would still be missing your systematic theologies and biblical theologies, so searching Type:Monograph has not been ideal for this kind of work for years now.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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The more I look through my library discerning mistyped books, the more I want to see Type:Philosophy and Type:Drama (think Shakespeare's plays), not to mention Type:Fiction.
We Verbum folks in particular desperately need a Type:Church Documents. Although not everything in my Library that would fit in that type is Catholic, I have a couple hundred Catholic resources that should be of that type. (Hint: Everything in Verbum's pre-built Church Documents collection that is presently Type:Monograph should be Type:Church Documents.)
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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I am anxious to see the books that are studies of scripture rather than commentaries moved out of monographs. Then the methodological - hermeneutics, exegesis, criticisms - resources are my next big group.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I'd like to suggest Type:Newspaper.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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