Collections

A collection is an ordered, shareable group of publications. Use one when the order matters or when the set is worth sharing as a thing in itself – a course reading list, a sequence of lectures, a set of papers you recommend to new students.

Collections are public-facing by default. If you just want to save something for yourself, bookmark it instead – see Finding things.

Kinds

Kind	For
Collection	A general ordered group
Course	A sequence meant to be worked through in order
Recommendation	A curated set you are putting forward

Creating one

Give it a title and, ideally, a description explaining what the set is and who it is for. A collection called "Reading" with no description is not much use to anyone but you.

You can add a cover image, an icon, and a background colour, and tag the collection with categories so it turns up when people browse a field.

Adding publications

Collections hold publications. You control the order, and you can attach a note to any item – what to look for, why it is here, which section to skip. Notes are one of the few things that turn a list of links into something a reader can actually follow.

A collection can hold up to 500 items.

Who can see it

Setting	Who
Public	Anyone, including people who are not signed in
Signed in	Anyone with an account
Connections	People you are mutually connected to
Only me	Just you

Visibility applies to the collection, not to what is in it. A public collection containing a private publication does not make that publication readable – readers see the collection and not the entry they have no access to.

There are no share links for collections. If you want someone specific to see one, it needs a visibility level that includes them.

Limits worth knowing

Collections are flat. There are no chapters or nested modules yet, so a long course is one ordered list rather than a structure of units.

Collections hold publications and nothing else – not works from your external record, not other collections.