Lakikokoelmissa

Lakikokoelmissa is a Finnish cataloging term used in libraries to indicate that an item belongs to or is accessed through a law collection. The base noun lakikokoelma means a "law collection," referring to holdings focused on legal texts. The form lakikokoelmissa is the inessive plural, roughly "in the law collections" or "within the law collections." In metadata and catalog records, the term signals the library’s organizational context for the material rather than its broad subject alone.

In practice, lakikokoelmissa may appear in shelf marks, collection notes, or digital catalog facets to guide readers to materials related to law. It helps establish the appropriate reading or research path for items such as statutes, regulations, court decisions, legal commentaries, and other legally oriented works. The designation is often used alongside other metadata fields such as subject headings, authorship, and classification codes.

Scope and usage vary by institution and cataloging schema. While it commonly covers primary sources (acts, decrees, case law) and secondary sources (treatises, legal journals), the exact application of lakikokoelmissa can differ between university libraries, national libraries, and private legal collections. It functions mainly as an organizational cue to support precise location and retrieval within a library’s law-related holdings.

See also: lakikokoelma, oikeustieteellinen kirjasto, lainsäädäntö, oikeuskäytäntö.