Congratulations and welcome to the ESIG Board.

The following new members were elected unanimously by the membership:

- President: Adrian Alexander, University of Tulsa
- Vice President/President Elect: Bonnie Allen (University of Montana)
- Immediate Past President: Jim Huesmann (University of Alaska)
- Secretary/Treasurer: Mary Beth Thomson (University of Kentucky)
- Board Members at Large: Tamara Miller (Montana State University), 3 yr term, CY 10-12 Bryan M. Carson (Western Kentucky University) 3 yr term , CY09-11 Mildred L. Jackson (University of Alabama Libraries) 3 yr term, CY09-11

ESIG is a group of libraries in the various EPSCoR states. The purpose of ESIG is to enable participating libraries to better provide STM information to their researchers, who are eligible to participate in the National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program.

The group was envisioned in a proposal presented on March 12, 2001 in Arlington, VA to EPSCoR state directors and was brought into being at a meeting of librarians at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT on June 8, 2001.