I havve just upgraded to the scholars primium edition and am faced with over 1200 books what is the best way to orginize this mass libray into usable such as have all my dictionarys, bibles and concordances in the same location?
Rick edge
Rick,
Logos 4 allows a couple of ways to do this. One is using custom tags. The other is via use of collections. Custom tags are applied in the Library. Float the Library panal by right clicking on the Library icon and selecting 'open in a floating window'. Re-size the window as desired.
Click the small i inside the circle on the main bar of Library. Use CTRL-Left click to mark a number of resources, then apply the same tag to all of them at one time (click on 'add tag' and type your tag in there (say, Dictionaries)). You can sort on tags in Library to see what you have.
Collections can be created using the Collections Tool. There is a good explanation of collections here: http://wiki.logos.com/Collections This is the method of organization I prefer.
Whilst organising Collections, consider nominating some of them as Parallel Resources!
Also consider that your Library can be organised to view resources by clicking on the column headings eg. Type, Series, My Tags, and then clicking on an arrow. If you also rate resources you can view them according to that Rating, and use it to form Collections.
Another important task is to Prioritize resources so that your preferred bibles, commentaries, lexicons, dictionaries, etc are used in look-ups from resources and Guides.
Something I did a few weeks ago has to do with discovering a new use for FAVORITES (on the TOOLS menu). I had been using it like Favorites in Windows Explorer - creating folders and organizing Clippings, Notes, Articles in resources (by clicking and dragging the TAB of the resource - when opened to the page I want - into a particular folder).
I realized I could create Folders (for different resources that I may have prioritized in My Library) in Favorites. For example: under a Folder I created for "Favorite Bibles", I put 18 different Bibles. In another folder I created called "Bible Tools", I put books like: Outlines, Topical works, Synopsis, Lists, Charts and Surveys. I also have a Folder for some categories of books that I am particularly interested in so I can access them quicker: Second Temple Resources, Grammars, etc.
How do I do this? I open each one to its TOC - one at a time - and drag it into my folder. Simple. It doesn't open the resource to the passage or word I am currently studying - I have to navigate there myself, but it is still faster to have these at my fingertips than to have to look through LIBRARY each time.
This has been a useful application of Favorites for me.
By the same token, if you use the shortcut bar to temporarily put various books and it starts getting cluttered, but you don't want to delete them and then have to look in the library for them later, you can drag them to a folder and name it shortcuts and then delete the books on the shortcut bar to clean things up and then add them back from the favorites folder as you wish.
If you drag the resource to your favorites directly from your library, the book will subsequently open at the passage/word you are currently studying. That may be more efficient for you.
I did not know that. Thanks Mark!
If you drag the resource to your favorites directly from your library, the book will subsequently open at the passage/word you are currently studying. That may be more efficient for you. I did not know that. Thanks Mark!
Wow, good Mark. You, always know some new tricks. [Y]
Thanks once again. [:)]
Now I will re-do these folders in my Favorites and I will be ready to roll.
Another way would be to prioritize your resources (especially commentaries) so they'll appear first in your passage guide search. Usually if you enter a passage on the PG it will throw a bunch of commentaries and perhaps your favorite commentary will appear half-way or at the end, by prioritizing your commentaries you will get your favorite ones to appear first when you study your Bible. You can do that with your dictionaries, lexicons, etc. For me, I love the fact that the College Press NIV commentaries appear first, then PNTC, then Expositor's, then NIGTC, and so on. CP commentaries used to appear almost half way and my Commentary on the NT use of the OT used to appear at the very end, now it appears in the "priority order" I've assigned to them. Great tool the prioritation. Also, as others have stated, create your own collections, that'll help you when performing a search on any particular resource. Hope all the information in the forums helps you!
I love using Favorites in Logos 4. It is one of the most flexible and powerful tools in the system.
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