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Dialog Announces North American InfoStar Winners for 2002

LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2002 — Dialog, a Thomson (TSX:TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced 2002's three North American winners of its annual Quantum² InfoStar Awards.

This year's three North American InfoStars are Marilyn Bromley (Washington, D.C.), Chris Brune (New York City) and Linda Pauloski (Hamilton, Ontario).

As part of its Quantum2 program offering professional education and career development services to information professionals worldwide, Dialog annually designates 12 recipients of its InfoStar Awards. The awards are given to information professionals in various countries whose creativity and innovation are inspirational to others.

The North American award winners were announced at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference, being held this week in Los Angeles.

"Each of the new InfoStars has demonstrated tremendous innovation and has had a positive impact on their organizations," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional market development. "Marilyn Bromley contributed a Quantum2 case study on her successful analysis of the information center's return on investment. Chris Brune's team has developed a knowledge-sharing platform that integrates key information sources for his whole organization. And Linda Pauloski is active in her company's competitive intelligence and 'communities of practice' programs. Their leadership truly inspires us."

Marilyn Bromley is the library director at The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA), an employee-owned legal and regulatory publisher based in Washington, D.C. She has worked for BNA for 18 years, since 1994 in her current position. In the mid-1980s, Bromley created her company's competitive intelligence service, now updated daily on BNA's intranet. She has also been instrumental in promoting the use of electronic resources to BNA's 600 reporters and editors worldwide. She is active in SLA, including having served as the Washington D.C. chapter's president. Bromley was awarded a master's degree in Library Science from The Catholic University of America.

Chris Brune serves as vice president, knowledge manager, for Bates Worldwide. Headquartered in New York, Bates is one of the largest communications networks in the world, with 8,700 employees across 75 countries. Since joining Bates in 2000, Brune has been a leader in creating a global information-sharing intranet that links 200 Bates offices worldwide. These offices now have immediate access to case studies, creative executions, and other information that has proved invaluable in both new business and client service efforts. The system includes the ability to send specific research requests directly to the company's library staff, resulting in faster responses and further establishing his department as a global resource. He holds a master's degree in Library Science from Rutgers University.

Linda Pauloski is manager, Library Resource Centre, for the Hamilton, Ontario-based Dofasco, Inc., a leading Canadian steel manufacturer. In her position, Pauloski has worked to foster a knowledge-sharing culture and to help her company's staff keep abreast of trends in the steel industry. In recent years, the company's library has been spearheading a competitive intelligence unit that meshes internal knowledge with external information to create snapshots of the competitive landscape. Pauloski was educated at Queen's University and Mohawk College, both in Ontario.

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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 depth and breadth 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 global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information and technology to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto stock exchange (TSX:TOC).

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