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Dialog Recognizes 2006 North American InfoStars for Effecting Change Through Information Services

BALTIMORE, MD, USA, June 12, 2006 — Dialog, a Thomson business, today introduced the four 2006 North American winners of its annual Quantum² InfoStars Awards, which are given to information professionals whose creativity and innovation are inspirational to others.

This year's winners, as announced during a special ceremony at the Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) meeting here this week, are:

• Dr. Thomas J. Froehlich, director, Information Architecture and Knowledge Management Program, Kent State University (Kent, OH), recognized for his vision to foresee the value of an interdisciplinary program encompassing three specific emerging disciplines: Information Architecture (IA), Information Use (IU), and Knowledge Management (KM), and then to create a graduate degree for a Master of Science in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM).
  
  
• Karen O. Lehman, team leader, Electronic Information Center 3600, for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Alexandria, VA) honored for her enthusiastic and inspirational leadership, which has allowed her to create a high-performing team that increased their search requests by 350 percent since 2000.
  
  
• Ginger R. DeMille, senior patent information specialist, ASRC Aerospace Corporation for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Alexandria, VA), praised for her creativity, initiative, and communication skills as an effective spokesperson, searcher and trainer.
  
  
• Kelley Martin, law librarian, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox , a leading intellectual property law firm, (Washington, DC) honored for her leadership in single-handedly managing the information needs of her organization and empowering her broad audience to use strategic electronic resources on desktops through the firm.

“The achievements of this year's winners are a result of their passion for understanding the unique informational needs of their respective organizations,” said Libby Trudell, senior vice president of information professional market development. “Each of them has demonstrated the drive and enthusiasm it takes to effect change through information services.”

As part of its Quantum² program that offers professional education and career development services to information professionals worldwide, Dialog annually designates recipients of its InfoStar Awards in various regions around the world.

For additional information about the Dialog Quantum² program, please visit quantum.dialog.com.

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