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Dialog Announces Recipients of 2009 North American InfoStar Awards

Winners are honored at SLA Conference Centennial Celebration

June 15, 2009 (Washington, DC) — Dialog, a leader in online information services for professional searchers, announced the recipients of its 2009 North American Quantum² InfoStar Awards at a champagne reception at the Special Libraries Association Conference and centennial celebration. The awards, a Dialog tradition dating from 2001, are presented annually to information professionals whose achievements demonstrate leadership and inspire others in their industry. This year's recipients are Ginger Heller, Senior Associate, Mercer, (Washington, DC), Rick Raske, Manager, IMC, Baxter International Inc. (Round Lake, IL), and Marlene Vogelsang, Resource Specialist, Energy Resource Center, PG&E Pacific Energy Center (San Francisco, CA)

“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate SLA’s history than by honoring the professionals who lead innovation throughout the industry,” said Libby Trudell, Dialog Vice President, Market Development. “Ginger, Rick and Marlene bring passion and commitment to information services, significantly improving the performance of their organizations. They truly are models for the profession.”

This year’s InfoStars demonstrate excellence in the award’s focus areas. For example, Mr. Raske displays innovation in information services through his collaborative work with his firm’s IT area. Ms. Heller models effective and strategic involvement in her organization through her enthusiastic and results-driven attitude in working cross-functionally to support information services. Ms. Vogelsang is being recognized for her use of effective marketing and communications programs for the information center and consistently working to improve her professional skills. Ms. Vogelsang is also an active participant in SLA — particularly its Petroleum and Energy Resources Division, where she is chair.

InfoStar Awards are part of Dialog’s Quantum² program that offers professional education and career development services to information professionals worldwide. Aimed at providing resources that help build the power to lead change and transform the organization, Quantum² is built around ten interwoven strategic and business competencies. Within the Quantum² leadership circle are workshops, case studies, white papers, and links to additional resources to help information professionals build on their strengths and develop new skills. Quantum² is available at no charge to information professionals worldwide.

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

About Dialog
Dialog (www.dialog.com), a pioneer of online searching in advance of the internet, is the global leader in providing mission-critical information that drives research in science, engineering, business and intellectual property. The online services provided by Dialog — offered through the Dialog^® and DataStar^® brands — give users the ability to search through more than 1.5 billion unique records from the world's most authoritative publishers. Sources include in-depth, deep web repositories of scientific, technical and biomedical data, patents and trademarks, and thousands of industry, news and company information sources. Librarians, researchers and information users from corporate, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog for depth of content, precision searching and the ability to provide complete solutions.

Dialog, LLC, part of the ProQuest (www.proquest.com) family of brands, is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with offices in Sunnyvale, California, and London.

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