[mb-users] Capitalisation or not

[Chris Bransden]

On 29/08/06, David Moran <david at waveproductions.net> wrote:
> Dave Smey wrote:
> >> (Indeed, a good library database would be an easy source
> >> to investigate.)
> >>
> >>
> > And so I did.  New York Public Library Research Division always
> > capitalizes the first word of titles, even if it is "'Round" or "'Cross."
> >
> > Also looked at "'Round" at Columbia University - same thing.
> >
> > -bklynd
> >
> I would have to agree with this train of thought. The first word of a
> title is always capitalized. Also, you typically don't capitalize
> prepositions.

actually it's *short* prepositions (max 3, sometimes 4 letters) you
don't capitilize, or at least, this is the system we've adopted.