[DCRM-L] capitalization of religious titles

[Deborah J. Leslie]

We follow Appendix A without question. I have a vague-ish memory that certain words that used to be designated as lowercase are now uppercase, things like "Minister" among them, which would account for the variation in practice.

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003
djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | http://www.folger.edu  


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Subject: [DCRM-L] capitalization of religious titles

In transcription, do religious titles such as "pastor" and "minister",
get capitalized when *following* a name?
Rule A.13E2. (Religious titles) in AACR2 says they do, yet, in most
records I've looked at those titles are
almost never capitalized. So, I'd like to know what the general public
opinion/practice/experience of catalogers
is on this topic.

Thanks
-Silvana