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The Dialog Corporation Announces 2001 Roger K. Summit Scholarship

CARY, N.C. January 15, 2001 — The Dialog Corporation, a leading provider of online-based information solutions, is seeking applicants worldwide for the 2001 Roger K. Summit Scholarship.

The $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student in an accredited library or information science program. The application deadline is April 30, 2001, and the award will be presented in June at the Special Library Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Information professionals and educators on Dialog's Academic Advisory Board will select the winner after reviewing academic achievement, interest in electronic information services, proficiency using Dialog's online services and products, and faculty recommendations. The application is available online. This scholarship is part of Dialog's overall commitment to the ongoing development of information professionals that also includes sponsorship of the SLA Knowledge Champions Institute and other SLA professional development programs.

The scholarship is named for Dr. Roger K. Summit, who has been Chairman Emeritus of Dialog since 1997, having previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Information Services, Inc. until his retirement in 1991. At the Lockheed Corporation in the1960's, Summit was the designer and project manager of the world's first online information retrieval system.

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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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