Systems and methods for presenting content items in a collections view

A system for presenting content items using a collections view, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
• receive a request to create a virtual collection for a first user account with a content management system;
• retrieve at least one content identifier for at least one content item accessible to the first user account;
• retrieve at least one visual representation for the at least one content item using the at least one content identifier;
• send the at least one visual representation to a device for rendering within a user interface;
• receive a request for selection of the at least one content item for the virtual collection;
• establish accessibility to the at least one content item for the second user account;
• and
• store the at least one content identifier for the virtual collection.

A nontransitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a request for display of a virtual collection of content items by a first user account with a content management system;
• retrieve at least one content identifier stored for the virtual collection, wherein the at least one content identifier identifies a content item in data storage;
• receive information on a new storage location within a file hierarchy for the content item stored for a second user account with a content management system;
• store the new storage location with the content identifier within data storage;
• receive information on a modification to the content item by the second user account that results in an updated content item;
• retrieving accessibility information for the content item for the second user account;
• and
• provide the updated content item for display with the virtual collection in accordance with the accessibility information.