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Dialog's David Brown Elected to NFAIS Board

CARY, NC, USA, March 8, 2002 -- Dialog, a Thomson business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced that Senior Vice President of Content Development David Brown has been elected to the board of directors of NFAIS, the premier membership organization for groups that aggregate information.

The Philadelphia, Pa., USA - based NFAIS, founded in 1958, is composed of more than 60 organizations and institutions from both the public and private sectors that are active in the global information industry, including information professionals, content producers and aggregators. Members serve highly specialized communities of information users in a variety of complex information environments. The group is dedicated to enhancing access to and retrieval of high-value information and data across all fields of research and scholarship. NFAIS is noted for its focus on research, education and community building.

"We are delighted to have David Brown join our board," said Dan Duncan, NFAIS executive director. "David is a well-known leader in the information industry, and his knowledge and experience will be a valuable asset for NFAIS as we continue our strategic planning process to identify new means of broadening the organization's appeal in today's information economy."

Added Roy M. Martin, Jr., Dialog president and CEO: "David Brown's election to the NFAIS board of directors underscores our commitment to this important constituency. NFAIS's members represent the leadership of our industry, and Dialog couldn't have a better voice there than David Brown."

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About Dialog
Founded in 1972 by Dr. Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, Dialog is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, Dialog's three online platforms -- Dialog®, Profound® and DataStar™ -- offer users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.2 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. The content available ranges from articles and reports published in thousands of publications to in-depth repositories of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data.

Corporate librarians, knowledge managers and other information professionals at more than 25,000 business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their breadth and depth of content, precision searching and speed.

Headquartered in Cary, N.C., USA, with direct operations in 32 countries throughout North American, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and the Asia Pacific, Dialog is a business of The Thomson Corporation. For more information about Dialog, please visit www.dialog.com. Or, please call (U.S./Canada) 800-3-DIALOG or (U.S.) 919-462-8600. Dialog's London office may be reached at (44) (0) 207-940-6900.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a leading provider of integrated information solutions to business and professional markets worldwide. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto (TSE: TOC) and London stock exchanges.

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