[OPLINLIST] MARC record question

[Melyssa Jones]

Hello all!


I just have a quick question. A co-worker and I are having a discussion about capitalization in titles in MARC records. Our previous Director, who has a Masters in Library Science, told me when I was the cataloger that only the first letter of the first word in the title was capitalized and everything else was lower case, regardless if it was a proper noun or not. This is how I taught the person who took over my job. However, while looking at other libraries catalogs, there are quite a few that capitalize proper nouns in the title.


What is the correct grammar to use in this situation? Thank you for any input!


Melyssa Jones


Adult Services Coordinator

Hurt/Battelle Memorial Library

614-879-8448

mallen at hbmlibrary.org

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