leidinio

Leidinys (gen. leidinio) is a Lithuanian term for a published work issued for public distribution. It covers a wide range of formats, from traditional printed books and periodicals to brochures, reports, manuals, and digital publications. In library science and publishing, a leidinys denotes a fixed, tangible work that has a specific authorship and edition. The concept focuses on the object as a separate work, as opposed to manuscripts or drafts that have not been officially released.

Types include books and monographs (knyga), periodicals such as newspapers (laikraštis) and journals/magazines (žurnalas), non-periodic publications such as brochures (brošiūra), manuals, reports, and standards, as well as digital publications like e-books, online articles, and electronic publications (elektroninis leidinys).

Identifiers: Printed books commonly carry ISBN, periodicals carry ISSN; digital publications may use DOIs. In cataloging, leidinys is a primary bibliographic object, with records indicating author(s), title, imprint, edition, format, and availability.

Legal and policy context: In many jurisdictions, leidinys is protected by copyright as a literary or artistic work. The term also appears in official or state publications (valstybės leidiniai) and in publishing industry classifications.

Usage: The term is widely used in Lithuanian bibliographic, publishing, and legal discourse to denote the finished, publicly available product of publishing activities.