At a a champagne reception in the Exhibit Hall, Marty Kahn, President of ProQuest, announced that ProQuest has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to buy its Dialog service. Dialog has been a very well known pioneer in the information industry for over 35 years and a leader with its online information retrieval service. As Libby Trudell, Vice President, Thomson Reuters, and with Dialog since 1983 commented, "This is truly worth a glass of champagne!" More details will be forthcoming.
Don Hawkins
Columnist, Information Today