CC:DA/MAGERT/2002/1 Capitalization of Earth in AACR2

Abstract

In 4JSC/ALA/31/follow-up/5 Section 1.2 it was pointed out that in a few places in Chapter 3 and in the glossary the word "Earth," referring to the planet, does not have the first letter capitalized but is instead given as "earth." Practice in some dictionaries (e.g., Merriam Webster's Collegiate, available online at http://www.britannica.com, and in the Chicago Manual of Style, is to capitalize that e. At the October 2001 meeting in Ottawa JSC requested that ALA submit a proposal which included all occurrences of "earth" in AACR2. The word earth occurs in 12 locations in AACR2. In rules 3.1B1.