About Collections

The LUNA Library, LUNA Library Uploader and LUNA Collection Manager all work together to help you build collections. In order for your content to be viewed in the LUNA Viewer it first has to be part of a collection.

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Use the Record Editor to edit records in a collection, and to link additional images to records.

Viewing Collections

After a collection is built only the items that you have checked for display in the LUNA Viewer will be available to your audience. This can be done automatically in the LUNA Uploader or manually in the Record Editor. To see all items in a collection which are available in the LUNA Viewer use the "Other Criteria" menu in the advanced search. You'll also know an item is being displayed in the LUNA Viewer when you see the little green indicator on the media item thumbnail:

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Using the LUNA Administrator you can grant access to collections. You can create different credentials so as to grant different access permissions. Only administrators have access to the LUNA Administrator.

About Independent Media Items Container (IMIC)

Unlike a collection there is no data schema within the Independent Media Item Container and so the items in it do not have data records. You can add custom data fields using the Media Item Editor, but there is no Record Editor with the IMI since there are no records.

If you're not sure how to structure a collection but want to add your content to the system, uploading to the IMIC is a good idea. You can then organize the content using labels and easily copy items into a collection. Once a media item is copied into a collection a blank record is created for you. The IMIC allows you to add the same item to different collections. Consider it as a staging area for the content you haven't organized or cataloged yet.

MyUploads

If you've added items to the LUNA Viewer using the MyUploads feature, they will appear here in the IMI. By default the items in the IMI are private to you, but you can make them available to other users by changing the access permissions. You can also choose whether the items can be edited and deleted by others.

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