# Master Library **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [November 24, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/master-library/860504 "2023-11-24T06:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neghvar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@neghvar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/neghvar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/master-library/860504/1 "2023-11-24T06:47:08Z")
My friends and I each share our own Plex libraries. Some of us have identical content. Instead of searching each server individually, There should be an option to create a master library that contains a listing of all the shared content from all servers. For identical content that you have, local with be prioritized, For identical content on remote servers, quality can be the priority. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/master-library/860504/2 "2023-11-24T06:52:04Z")
Thanks for your suggestion. There’s already an existing thread discussing an option to have a consolidated view across multiple libraries… be that libraries on your own server or shared ones. Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. > [@Consolidated view of multiple Servers / Libraries](https://forums.plex.tv/t/consolidated-view-of-multiple-servers-libraries/437551): > > I’ve seen a few requests for this going back to 2013 so I thought I would bring this back and combine a few different idea into one. Merge Libraries - the ability to view multiple libraries as a single view. All animated films in one library, all documentary films in another, etc. Then a combined library that shows the content of all. The problem with just creating a new library that aims at ALl the media directories is you may have spent a lot of time cleaning up movie posters, names, etc. Me… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/master-library/860504/3 "2023-11-25T08:58:57Z")
Closed on November 25, 2023, 8:58am UTC 2023 clean-up: duplicate