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FL-Islandora Guide: XI. How to Add a Collection

A guide for FL-Islandora users.

Introduction

Collections are groups of related content that can be viewed or managed as a unit. These can be nested under parent nodes to create collections within collections. The "children" of a node, i.e. the items in the collection can still be edited individually as well as managed collectively. Not all actions performed on a Collection node will trickle down to the children of that collection. For further information and steps in managing collections, visit the Collection Management page. For more in-depth exploration of Islandora Collections, visit the Collections page of the Islandora Git Documentation.

Creating A New Collection

1. Logged in, click on the Content tab, then on Add Content, then Repository item

2. Type in the title of your collection. Under Model, select Collection. 

3. Fill in other fields as desired. Under  Type and Extent select "Collection"

4. If this collection is a child of another collection, click into "Member of" under System, start typing the parent collection name, and select it. Click Save at the bottom of the page. 

Video Tutorial: Islandora Quick Lesson: Making a Collection