Instantly share, discuss and collaborate
Livfe Collections are a new type of collection in Papers 2 that allow you share its contents with other Papers users. You can make it available to everyone or invite your friends of colleagues only. Drop a paper into a Livfe collection, write a short 140 character introduction, and it instantly becomes available to all members of the collection. Working together or sharing an interest was never as easy.
Examples
Of course you can start a Livfe collection for your lab or department. Share and discuss new developments in your area of research, add must-read new papers, and notify your colleagues about the exciting paper you just found:
Mark, this paper might have the evidence you were looking for, great isotope data!
Set up a "Journal club" for the people in your institute that are interested in the same research topic or methodology, and share newly published findings:
Voorhoeve et al. elegantly link our favorite gene to p53 functioning.
Livfe collections allow you to invite anyone you want, you can even make the collection completely open and free for everyone to join. For instance, create one for your interest group or about your favorite hobby:
This review describes a new computer program for managing your lab protocols.
You can use Livfe collections to share information with your collaborators:
John, check out this paper from 1972 in which, strikingly, this phenomenon has already been mentioned.
Or create a collection to let people know what you are reading and what you think is noteworthy:
Loved reading this new paper from the Parnot lab, meticulous and detailed as always!
Or create a livfe collection to help you plan or brainstorm about your next big project:
This patent describes something very analogous to what Peter brought up, perhaps not a good idea then.
You decide the purpose of the Livfe collection, what should go in, and who to invite. It literally takes 10 seconds to get started!
Fire up those discussions
The greatest thing about Livfe Collections is that each paper you share automatically acts like a kernel for discussion. Your 140 character mini-introduction of the paper to the other members becomes a starting point for others to react. Adding a comment couldn't be easier and the entire discussion is preserved right next to the paper.
With Livfe Collections you can now directly share and discuss your papers, thoughts, opinions, and ideas.
Create your first Livfe Collection
Click the continue button to create your first Livfe collection, or click the purple help button for more information.