May 09, 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?
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).
Posted by: Greg at May 9, 2003 11:36 PMSpoken like a true LIBRARIAN.
Posted by: MP at May 10, 2003 01:22 PM