Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

visibility within ASEE. One idea thatemerged at the 1961 ESLC roundtable in Lexington, Kentucky was to publish a regular columnin ASEE’s flagship journal, the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). During the ESLCbusiness meeting, John McGowan reported that the JEE editor, John Bryant, had tentativelyagreed to provide space and assistance if ESLC provided the content. At the time, McGowan wasa member of JEE’s editorial board and probably lobbied Bryant about the idea before bringing itto the ESLC. Bryant had been appointed JEE editor in 1958, probably due to his experience asassistant editor at the Engineering Experiment Station at the University of Illinois. After a briefdiscussion, it was decided that the column should highlight recent books and