I would be grateful for any recommendation organizing my Portfolio.
Wiki has => http://wiki.logos.com/Example_Collections that includes:
If join Faithlife group Logos Collections, can copy Collections by clicking Get Copy to the right of the desired document name followed by synchronizing Logos. Alternative is Select All then Action => Get Copies
Favorites is also useful; wiki has => http://wiki.logos.com/Favorites
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It's better to organise your library as you use it, then organise it all at the beginning. So, for example, if next month you need books on Second Temple Judaism, you can create a collection at that point. If you try and create all the collections you might need, you'll spend so much time organising your library you won't have time to read anything!
The two exceptions might be:
Watch the webinar (Getting the Most Out of Your Logos Library), then follow Mark Barne's advice; i.e. organize as you go, not all at once, unless you have a long vacation and you have nowhere to go or nothing else to do [:P]
Sie sind aus Deutschland, glaube Ich. Darum wolle ich gern in Deutsch antworten, aber Ich glaube das ist zu schwer für mich.
So, in English then...
This all depends on what you mean by portfolio ;-)
Perhaps you are an artist, and need help choosing some samples of your work to keep in an actual portfolio, which you can bring to potential customers. Or perhaps you keep a digital portfolio, containing pictures, video and other samples of your designs. I myself am a photographer and keep a portfolio on my tablet. I am sure we would all be delighted to see some of your work.
Or perhaps you are refering to one of those slim document cases, and being a bit messy, you need help organizing it. In that case, I am sorry, but I am no better than you. I much prefere to have a good system, but somehow I am never able to keep it up.
Of course, in the context of these forums, it would be unwise to neglect the possibility that you are refering to the largest Logos base package. If this is the case, let me say: Congratulations on your big library! I have no doubt you are perfectly capable of organizing it, being a long time Logos user yourself, and having accumulated quite a portfolio on the forums as well... :-)
Pretty sure Tes is referring to...
Very good advice!
I own both L4 & L5 Portfolio and to date I haven't made one single collection in my L5 library. I'm sure that is in part because I use L3 about 99% of the time, but I simply haven't seen any need to do so. My preference is the "old school" folders and sub-folders method. Using Favorites, I have my entire nearly 9,000 resources filed in the seventeen folders listed below (except for the ones from recent purchases that I am in the process of placing as we speak).
I tried to make a video showing how I use this method, but it wouldn't upload to the forum. Obviously, it is pretty straightforward.
Under the Theology head I have general theology titles, and then a series of specific sub-heads...
The last sub-head in that list, Doctrine, is a major sub-head--it has a listing of general doctrine titles, then I list a number of specific doctrines in their own sub-folders...
I created these sub-heads based on need as I combed through my Library adding things.
Yes, this process takes a long time, but I believe it was worth it to me, and if I lost this and had to start from scratch, I would do it over again. I am someone who is benefited by having a mental picture of my library, and I can locate pretty much every single title in my library with a few clicks. The sense of tangibleness that this produces is something I don't think collections can replicate. You can put a single resource in as many folders as you like, and I have some in 4-5 folders...actually, some of the essay and journal titles may end up in over a dozen folders.
This works for me. As soon as I purchase and download resources, I immediately (or asap) put them where they go so I don't get behind or lose track. Until I did this, I felt like my library was a big rat's nest. Now I feel like I am in total control of what I own.
I was with you until I encountered the "Authors" folder. What goes there?
BTW: This post is something I plan to study carefully for my own use. Thanks!
The sense of tangibleness that this produces is something I don't think collections can replicate. You can put a single resource in as many folders as you like, and I have some in 4-5 folders...actually, some of the essay and journal titles may end up in over a dozen folders.
I like your idea too, David. I should note that you can put a single resource in as many collections as you like too.
I have a method which kind of replicates what you're doing, making my virtual library more tangible, by tagging all my books with a "Shelf" tag (e.g., "Shelf: History"). Then when I sort/group my library by My Tags, there's a section where all my shelves are. I can expand and collapse each as if it were a folder (kind of like your Favorites solution). The advantage to this method is you get a grey number in parentheses after each shelf "folder" showing you how many resources are in it.
And, as with Favorites folders (and unlike physical shelves), you can place books in more than one shelf by tagging them with multiple Shelf tags.
I think that tagging is slightly easier than dragging books to Favorites. And it's MUCH easier to figure out which books haven't been done yet using this method. Just filter my library with:
* -mytag:Shelf
I was with you until I encountered the "Authors" folder. What goes there? BTW: This post is something I plan to study carefully for my own use. Thanks!
I basically have a double rationale for this folder. Where else am I going to put stuff by Max Lucado? I probably won't ever read any of it, but since I paid for it, I don't want it to just totally fall off the map...so I put his stuff in an Author folder. Also, Logos sells many author collections, so it is natural to put these in an Author folder, whether Complete Works or Select Works or something else.
That doesn't mean that individual titles by these authors don't end up in other folders as well. Pink's The Antichrist goes in the Pink folder and the Prophecy folder. Also, I don't have an Author folder for every author in my library, obviously. Just those who have many resources to their credit, or whose works for one reason or another aren't likely to end up in any other folder. I basically make the calls as I see fit. The only rules in my Library are the ones I make...and you get the same freedom in yours.
I like your idea too, David. I should note that you can put a single resource in as many collections as you like too. I have a method which kind of replicates what you're doing, making my virtual library more tangible, by tagging all my books with a "Shelf" tag (e.g., "Shelf: History"). Then when I sort/group my library by My Tags, there's a section where all my shelves are. I can expand and collapse each as if it were a folder (kind of like your Favorites solution). The advantage to this method is you get a grey number in parentheses after each shelf "folder" showing you how many resources are in it. And, as with Favorites folders (and unlike physical shelves), you can place books in more than one shelf by tagging them with multiple Shelf tags. I think that tagging is slightly easier than dragging books to Favorites. And it's MUCH easier to figure out which books haven't been done yet using this method. Just filter my library with: * -mytag:Shelf
I experimented with tags when L4 first came out, but they didn't strike me as doing what I wanted. I do see some value in what you're doing though. I may start playing around with tags again in the future.
Here's a screenshot of my Reference folder, just to give you an idea of how I organized it. You can tweak it however you like. I have Archaeology as a subfolder of History, but you could make it its own main folder if you wanted. The Ref Stuff folder is a catch-all of all kinds of reference resources (All the This's and That's..., 10000001 Ways to Do Whatever) that aren't otherwise delineated by its own folder (Intros, Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc.).
My preference is the "old school" folders and sub-folders method.
In L3 I used to use a method similar to David's and Rosie's, but I do think dynamic collections are too good to ignore. For example, I have a dozen or so author collections (created as/when I need them):
The advantage of this over the favorites method is:
As well as several 'author' collections, I also have subject collections, and two types of commentary collections: one by type (which needs to be created from tags, unfortunately), and one by subject (which can be done from dynamic rules).
Commentary Types:
Commentary Subjects:
Subjects:
Logos' metadata isn't quite good enough to create subject collections entirely through rules, and sometimes you will need to add some tags too (and then use a rule that combines the subject field with the mytag field). But it's a lot better than it used to be. So, my rule for Subject:Preaching from the Old Testament is subject:"bible.O.T.--Homiletical use" OR (subject:preaching AND subject:"O.T.") OR mytag:subject-preaching-ot, but I only needed to manually tag three resources to get them included. Everything else went in authomatically.
You don't get a proper hierarchy with collections that you do in favorites, but if you name your collections carefully, as I've done, that doesn't matter.
I won't deny the advantages Mark mentions, but I do think there is a potential cost to be paid when everything you do is being automated for you. I learn a great deal about my library just through the process of "manually handling" the resources as I put them where I want them. In fact, that is one of the main reasons I wanted a folder option. It facilitates familiarity with what I have...answering not just "where is it?" but "what is it?". When you buy these massive packages, contending with both of these concerns can be a challenge. Mark can no doubt state that his process requires and allows for becoming familiar with his library as well, but the whole point of the automation he is touting is that it eliminates much of the hands-on process.
Mark can no doubt state that his process requires and allows for becoming familiar with his library as well, but the whole point of the automation he is touting is that it eliminates much of the hands-on process.
There is some truth in that. I try and mitigate it by being disciplined about briefly examining every new book that comes into my library (I have a collection of new books for that purpose, and I move books out of that collection once I've examined them).
(I have a collection of new books for that purpose, and I move books out of that collection once I've examined them)
An alternate approach is using ratings since can filter library for:
myrating:0
Thankful for Logos 5.2a Library information showing all collections for a resource:
Note: three dynamic rule collections include subject of Quotation. For me, this resource needs a tag for Chaplain's Library purchase and change rating to 2.
Thankful for Rosie's ratings => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/4363/157779.aspx#157779
0 stars - just purchased, haven't had time to do anything with it yet (though I usually do them right away so they don't stay in this state for very long)1 star - I really don't think this resource is very valuable and would usually chose to ignore it, but I don't dislike it enough to hide it2 stars - the rating I assign to everything as soon as I buy it, which means basically "I don't know yet what I think of this"3 stars - good4 stars - very good5 stars - outstanding, one of my favorite resources
Thankful for right click option in Logos 5.2a Library so can rename tag on all resources; for purchase tags, am changing tag to begin with year: e.g. 201211-Portfolio5 (for Portfolio Logos 5 upgrade purchased in November 2012). Sorting Library by My Tags now groups purchases together.
For Vyrso, have tagged every eBook with Year and Month purchased: e.g. 201403
If price was $ 0.00, then add -Free suffix: e.g. 201404-Free
To find all Free resources, can use a library filter with wildcard:
mytag:*Free
Thankful for 750 free Vyrso resources since Thanksgiving 2011.
I would be grateful for any recommendation organizing my Portfolio. Sie sind aus Deutschland, glaube Ich. Darum wolle ich gern in Deutsch antworten, aber Ich glaube das ist zu schwer für mich. So, in English then... This all depends on what you mean by portfolio ;-) Perhaps you are an artist, and need help choosing some samples of your work to keep in an actual portfolio, which you can bring to potential customers. Or perhaps you keep a digital portfolio, containing pictures, video and other samples of your designs. I myself am a photographer and keep a portfolio on my tablet. I am sure we would all be delighted to see some of your work. Or perhaps you are refering to one of those slim document cases, and being a bit messy, you need help organizing it. In that case, I am sorry, but I am no better than you. I much prefere to have a good system, but somehow I am never able to keep it up. Of course, in the context of these forums, it would be unwise to neglect the possibility that you are refering to the largest Logos base package. If this is the case, let me say: Congratulations on your big library! I have no doubt you are perfectly capable of organizing it, being a long time Logos user yourself, and having accumulated quite a portfolio on the forums as well... :-)
Hi Sakarias,Ja ich bin aus Deutscland so gar aus Frankfurt am Main.
The matter is not how to organize my Library,but to consult to our brothers and sisters ,who have committed themselves to invest their time and energy to help for the benefit of others such as me. I have learned a lot from them how to use my Library. I needed to have a recommendation ,how to organize ,which one goes with which. I am very thankful to all of you for the recommendation I have got.
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Thank you Mark! I am going to follow your advice.
Thank you everyone of you for your great help!
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