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Dialog Seeks Applicants for First of 2002's Summit Scholarships

CARY, NC, USA, January 28, 2002 -- The Dialog Corporation, a Thomson business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services, today announced that it is seeking applicants from North America for the first of its 2002 Roger K. Summit Scholarships.

The company said it will award a US$5,000 scholarship to a North American graduate student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences program, with the presentation to be made at the Special Libraries Association annual conference to be held June 2002 in Los Angeles. Later in 2002, the company will be accepting applications for two additional scholarships for students attending programs in Europe and in Australia and New Zealand. (In 2003, the latter will be expanded to encompass the entire Asia Pacific region.)

The deadline for North American applicants is April 30, 2002.

"An important aspect of our scholarship program is to make students aware of the breadth of possibilities in the library profession," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional market development. "The Summit Scholarships benefit the winners financially of course, but they also help to draw attention to the expanding mission of library schools around the world as they prepare future information professionals and librarians for careers in information centers and other business settings, as well as in libraries and schools."

The scholarship program is named for Roger K. Summit, the founder of The Dialog Corporation and a pioneer in developing online information technology who since 1997 has been the company's chairman emeritus.

Scholarship winners are selected by information professionals and educators based locally in each of the regions. Criteria include academic achievement, demonstrated interest in electronic information services, proficiency using Dialog's online services and products, and faculty recommendations.

Applications are available online at http://gep.dialog.com/scholarship

Dialog recently announced the launch of its Graduate Education Program (GEP) and the appointment of two librarian training specialists to serve North American graduate library schools as field training consultants. As part of the GEP, Dialog also established a learning alliance with the Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE).

Details on the GEP may be found at: http://www.dialog.com/pressroom/2002/alise_010702.shtml

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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 America, 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 2000 revenues of approximately US$6 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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