[Editors] Pres. Report time

[Monica Lee]

Hi Patsy,

Two sources that agree with your AP finding that department is only capitalized when part of the proper name of the department –

Chicago Manual of Style, Institutions and companies—capitalization:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec067.html

There is an older editorial guide created by Resource Development’s communication group that also agrees:
http://web.mit.edu/comdor/editguide/style-matters/capitalization.html


Best,

Monica



On 7/30/12 2:50 PM, "Patricia Sampson" <patsys at MIT.EDU> wrote:

Hi all,

As we finish up our section of the MIT Presidents Report, we are having discussions about the word 'department'...  to D or d is the question.  Most of our faculty here want to capitalize throughout.  The AP Stylebook clearly suggests only capitalizing when used with a formal name such as MIT Department of...

When referring to the MIT catalogue about EECS (from whence this discussion has come), here is an example sentence:

More information about the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and its programs can be obtained from the department's website at http://www-eecs.mit.edu/.

What are 'your' rules?

Just thought I would check though this has probably been circulated more than once!

Patsy

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