My Documents

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My Library is a place in Hornbill where you can upload documents that you can then share and collaborate with others. Any standard document type can be used and they will be classed as either:-

  • My Library - for your own docs or for those which others have shared with you
  • Library – available for others to see or update as allowed

It can used by Co-workers when Document Manager is installed and can be launched from the book (My Library) on the navigation bar. Some other features are:-

  • Documents can be assigned Tags to help people to find them easily
  • Each document will have an activity stream where Co-workers can post updates and add comments
  • You can search for the document using the search box

The My Library application comes installed with a role MyLibrary User which allow a user to do all of the following:

  • Upload Documents
  • Download Documents
  • Version Tracking and ability to create new versions or update documents
  • Dedicated Activity-stream for each document to allow for easy collaboration
  • Share documents with other users with full access
  • Lock documents if you are making changes to them
  • Change Ownership
  • Manage the life of a document from draft/active/retired
  • Publish Active Documents to a Library or Libraries
  • Add and Remove Tags from documents
  • Search for document by one or more tags
  • View a list of your active or draft documents and filter by those that you own and those that have been shared with you
  • View a list of documents in any Library available
  • Library, Document and Search result pages have unique URLs so they can be linked to directly