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Knight-Ridder Information, 1988-1997;&nbsp;&nbsp; purchased by Maid Corp.,  
Knight-Ridder Information, 1988-1997;&nbsp;&nbsp; purchased by Maid Corp.,  
and became The Dialog Corporation, 1997-2000; purchased by Thomson Corp.,  
and became The Dialog Corporation, 1997-2000; purchased by Thomson Corp.,  
2001-present as Dialog Corporation.&nbsp; </td>
2001-present as Dialog Corporation.&nbsp; </td>
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   <td valign="Top"> <b> PERSONS INVOLVED: </b> </td>
   <td valign="Top"> <b> PERSONS INVOLVED: </b> </td>
   <td> <a href="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/summit.htm">Roger Summit</a>
   <td> [[Roger Kent Summit|Roger Summit]]; <b>
; <a href="summit.htm%3e%3cB%3eRoger%20K.%20Summit%3c/B%3e%3c/A%3e.%3c/TD%3e%3c/TR%3e%3cTR%3e%3cTD%20VALIGN=TOP%3e%3cB%3eMAJOR%20PROJECTS:%3c/B%3e%3c/TD%3e%3cTD%3e%3c/TD%3e%3c/TR%3e%3cTR%3e%3cTD%20VALIGN=TOP%3e%3cB%3eOTHER%20INFORMATION:%3c/B%3e%3c/TD%3e%3cTD%3eDIALOG%20system%20conceptualized%20at%20Lockheed;%20In%201965%20Lockheed%20Missile%20and%20Space%20Company%20%28LMSC%29%20obtained%20a%20small%20computer%20to%20use%20for%20R&amp;D%20purposes;%20The%20first%20system%20development%20for%20this%20computer%20was%20DIALOG;%20Summit%20worked%20on;%20Designed%20to%20be%20flexible%20with%20user-direct%20language%20to%20retrieve%20document%20references;%20Not%20designed%20for%20any%20particular%20database;%20Online%20programs%20written%20in%20basic%20assembly%20language;%20Query%20language%20was%20commands%20in%20the%20form%20of%20verbs;%20Symbols%20were%20used%20for%20boolean%20searches;%20Broke%20the%20search%20process%20into%20many%20small%20steps%20to%20help%20the%20novice%20searchers%20but%20this%20frustrated%20the%20experienced%20one;%3cP%3eAs%20DIALOG%20grew%20and%20evolved,%20it%20was%20adapted%20to%20fit%20the%20needs%20of%20the%20experienced%20searcher%20or%20librarian;%20DIALOG%20was%20designed%20to%20be%20independent%20of%20the%20database%20so%20that%20various%20databases%20could%20be%20searched;%201968%20applied%20DIALOG%20to%20the%20%3cA%20HREF=" nasa.htm=""><b>
[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]</b></a>
NASA</b></a>
database (developed the RECON system for NASA); [[Charles Percy Bourne|Charles Bourne]]
  database (developed the RECON system for NASA); <a href="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/bourne.htm">Charles  
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newspapers, documents, annual reports, house organizations, minutes, and correspondence;
newspapers, documents, annual reports, house organizations, minutes, and correspondence;
Restricted; Clearance through Public Relations Department; Kardex controlled
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   <td> <i>Directory of Business Archives in the US and Canada.</i> SAA, 1980,  
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Revision as of 21:09, 5 September 2023

ORGANIZATION: DIALOG Information Services
ACTIVE DATES: 1965-present: 1965-1988 owned by Lockheed Corporation; named Dialog

Information Service in 1982); purchased by Knight-Ridder Corp., and became Knight-Ridder Information, 1988-1997;   purchased by Maid Corp., and became The Dialog Corporation, 1997-2000; purchased by Thomson Corp.,

2001-present as Dialog Corporation. 
ADDRESS: Web page address: http://www.dialog.com/ 
E-MAIL:
PERSONS INVOLVED: Roger Summit;

NASA</a> 

database (developed the RECON system for NASA); Charles Bourne
SOURCE:


PAPERS AT:
LOCATION 		P.O. Box 551, Burbank, CA 91520; William Bendon, Corp. Director of Records Management.
PAPERS DATES: 1930s-present; established in 1956.
SIZE: 1500 linear feet
INCLUDES: Listed as Lockheed archives not DIALOG Information Services; Photographs,

newspapers, documents, annual reports, house organizations, minutes, and correspondence; Restricted; Clearance through Public Relations Department; Kardex controlled

by series.
SOURCE: Directory of Business Archives in the US and Canada. SAA, 1980, p. 3.


PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #2 		Some early DIALOG files in personal possession of Roger Summit.

 
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