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SLA and Dialog Announce Partnership for L.A. Conference

CARY, N.C., USA, and WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, May 24, 2002 — The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and Dialog, a Thomson (TSX:TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced that Dialog will be a Major Conference Partner for SLA's 93rd Annual Conference June 8-13, 2002, in Los Angeles.

Dialog is one of four Major Conference Partners supporting the SLA conference this year.

As a 2002 Major Conference Partner, Dialog has pledged support for conference activities and events. Dialog is helping to underwrite the popular Tech Zone Computer Lab, which will offer conference participants hands-on technology skills training necessary for today's information professionals to deliver quality services to their customers. The company is also supporting continuing education courses that will be offered at the conference.

SLA Acting Executive Director Lynn Smith, CAE, stated, "We are delighted to have Dialog support the work of SLA and the conference. Dialog has been a long-time champion of the organization and this latest sign of support continues a wonderful legacy. We are grateful for their involvement."

Added Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional market development: "The annual SLA conference is truly one of the most important events for information professionals to gather and learn from each other. Many of us at Dialog are ourselves information professionals and are active in SLA and its chapters. We are looking forward to an exciting and successful conference in Los Angeles."

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About SLA
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in sixty countries. The association offers a variety of programs and services designed to help its members serve their customers more effectively and succeed in an increasingly challenging global information arena. SLA is committed to the professional growth and success of its membership. For more information visit Virtual SLA at www.sla.org.

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 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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