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Dialog Announces Quantum²
Professional Development Program to Demonstrate Value of Information Professionals

Cary, N.C., USA, May 29, 2001 — Dialog, a leading provider of online-based information services and a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation (TSE:TOC), today announced plans for a rollout of Quantum², a development program for information professionals, offering the power to lead change. Quantum² is now available to Dialog customers in North and South America, and will launch globally in the fall.

The program builds on and enhances a highly successful Dialog program first introduced in 1993. The revitalized Quantum² provides training and tools to enhance professional development, with a special focus on strategies to develop leadership skills and demonstrate the value of professional information services within organizations.

"Information professionals are constantly facing the need to prove the effectiveness of content selection and managed information access within their organizations," said Libby Trudell, senior vice president, Information Professional Market Development. "Our goals with Quantum² are to help information professionals not only to communicate the value of information centers, but also to take a leadership role in developing an information strategy for their organizations."

The Quantum² program will provide tools, training materials, professional development seminars, white papers on knowledge management and other key topics, and networking opportunities to information professionals. These materials will be made available through:

• the new Quantum² Web site, to be launched June 1;
• a series of three new Quantum² workshops to be delivered at venues such as regional Dialog Update meetings starting in September 2001;
• ongoing communication to members.

Quantum² program membership is free and open to information professionals worldwide. To register, visit the Quantum² Web site at http://quantum.dialog.com.

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About Dialog
Dialog is the worldwide leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law. Its products and services, such as Dialog®, Profound® and DataStar™, offer organizations the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 800 million unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise Intranets. For almost three decades, Dialog's brands have been known for their breadth and depth of content, precision searching and speed. The Winter Corporation recently recognized Dialog for its breadth and depth of content when they named the company the Grand Prize-winner in the Database Scalability Program 2000.

Headquartered in Cary, N.C., USA, with direct operations in 30 countries, Dialog products are used by more than 20,000 corporate customers in over 100 countries. Dialog is a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation, a leading global e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace with 2000 revenues of approximately $6 billion. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto (TSE:TOC) and London stock exchanges.

For more information about Dialog, call 1-800-3-DIALOG or visit www.dialog.com. For more information about Thomson, visit www.thomson.com.

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