Kogumik

Kogumik is an Estonian noun meaning a collection or compilation, typically published as a single volume that gathers multiple works, items, or pieces. It can refer to literary collections, but also to anthologies, compendiums, or assembled sets of drawings, documents, or data.

The word derives from the verb koguda, “to gather,” with the suffix -mik forming a noun that denotes a gathering or aggregate. In usage, kogumik often designates a book that brings together several writings or works, rather than a single, extended treatment of one subject.

In publishing and libraries, kogumik is used for various multi-author or multi-work volumes. Common types include luulekogu (a poetry collection), novellidekogumik (a collection of short stories), and teaduslik kogumik (a scientific or scholarly compendium). When a volume is edited and curated by one or more editors, it may be described as a toimetatud kogumik. The term antoloogia is closely related and is often used for thematically curated selections.

Kogumiks are distinguished from monograafia, which denotes a work focusing on a single subject or author, and from periodicals or journals, which are serial publications rather than single-volume collections. In bibliographic records, kogumik signals that the work comprises multiple pieces within one volume and may be organized around a unifying theme, author group, or genre.

See also: antoloogia, monograafia, bibliograafia.