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Dialog Announces 2003 North America Roger K. Summit Scholarship Winner

NEW YORK (June 9, 2003) — Dialog, a Thomson (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced that this year's North America Roger K. Summit Scholarship winner is Susan Johnson, a graduate student at the University of Hawaii.

The award will assist Johnson in her pursuit of a doctorate in Communication and Information Studies.

"We are delighted to help Susan in her important work at the University of Hawaii," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional development. "Among other factors that persuaded us to award her this year's scholarship is her tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Susan already has demonstrated success as a student and teacher, and as an active member of the library community. She is sure to go on to make a real mark as an information professional."

Dialog made the announcement during a ceremony at the annual conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), meeting here this week.

In addition to her doctoral studies, Johnson currently works as social sciences librarian at Hamilton Library, the flagship library for the University of Hawaii system. She also has taught courses related to online database searching and continues to provide bibliographic instruction for students and faculty in a variety of subject areas.

Johnson is the incoming president for the SLA's Hawaiian-Pacific Chapter.

In 1999, Johnson was the winner of the SLA Division of Information Technology's annual student award for her research on using Dialog services to analyze collection planning.

The Roger K. Summit Scholarships are awarded annually by Dialog in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region in honor of the company's founder, a pioneer in the technology behind online information retrieval. The scholarships are given to graduate students in accredited library and information science programs who exhibit academic achievement, keen interest in electronic information services and proficiency in using Dialog services and products, and also have strong recommendations from their faculty. Winners are determined by information professionals and educators based locally in each of the regions, and by Dialog staff.

The North American scholarship includes a US$5,000 prize.

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About Dialog and The Thomson Corporation
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, 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, the online services provided by Dialog — offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar™, NewsEdge and Intelligence Data brands — give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data. Information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 31 other countries. Dialog (www.dialog.com) is a business of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC). With 2002 revenues of US$7.8 billion, Thomson (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.

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