Libraryman
May 9th, 2003
May 9th, 2003
Perhaps the fine visitors to
Perhaps the fine visitors to libraryman.com can chime in on this. For the last several years, every time I wrote the word ”librarian” I always used a capital ”L”. Same for Public Library. Of course it was not grammatically correct to do this, but I thought it indicated the esteem I hold for the professionals and the institutions. Call it silly creative writing or good point, since I have been jotting a great deal lately I have been thinking that perhaps I should not use those officially incorrect capitalizations. Any thoughts?
2 Responses to “Perhaps the fine visitors to”
Well, it’s your blog isn’t it? Freedom to capitalize (punctuate, etc.) at will should be one of the central tenets of self-publication. I like the idea of capitalization as a tool of professional advocacy. Why not use LIBRARIAN, you know, really take it to the next level. But I wouldn’t capitalize librarian in your grant proposals (unless you’re referring to a specific job title, of course).
Spoken like a true LIBRARIAN.