Congratulations and welcome to the ESIG Board to Adrian Alexander (VP/President-Elect); to Millie Jackson and Bryan Carson (new Board members at large) and welcome back to Bonnie Allen. Especially congratulations to James Huesmann who (as of July 1) is now President of ESIG.

The following new members were elected unanimously by the membership:

- Vice-President/President Elect:
Adrian Alexander (University of Tulsa)
- Board member at Large:
Bonnie Allen (University of Montana)
Bryan M. Carson (Western Kentucky University)
Mildred L. Jackson (University of Alabama Libraries)
- Secretary:  2 year term 2009-2011
TBD

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.