The phrase "a collating of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of gathering or organizing information or data from various sources.
Example: "The report is based on a collating of data from multiple studies to provide a comprehensive overview."
Alternatives: "an aggregation of" or "a compilation of".
In 2014 he released a book collating a load of noir movie posters, and this year he's published Take That, Adolf! – in which he's turned his attention to the pulpy comics of WWII.
If you need a specific digital tool for your project, check out DiRT, a website collating a large collection of digital research and publication tools.
Meanwhile, the publicity campaign for marmalade-loving bear's first feature hit a sticky spot last month when a blog collating publicity stills of Paddington Photoshopped into horror films went viral.
For example, human geography undergraduates are using Tumblr to develop an interactive blog, collating impressions of different urban geographies of Preston.
There have been increasing numbers of European and U.S. surveys about quality of life, collating a range of demographic profiles about respondents to determine the predictors of contentment.
I learned about everything from the history of homosexuality's classification as a mental illness to collating a list of rumored gay celebrities going as far back as Ted Heath.
@WholesomeMeme, a Twitter account collating the best of the genre, amassed a following of more than 8,000 in about four days.
I alert her to WikiFeet, a site that collates pictures of famous feet – hers are awarded an impressive four-star rating.
I have access to a computer, the internet and a printer for collating six years of tax records, W-9s and rental agreements.
In order to mark the occasion, we harassed and harangued Rich Reason into collating a bundle of cuter-than-cute baby photos of the whole squad.
