DIALOG Information Services: Difference between revisions

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	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 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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-   <td> 1965-present: 1965-1988 owned by Lockheed Corporation; named Dialog
+   <td> 1965-present: 1965-1988 owned by Lockheed Corporation; named Dialog Information Service in 1982); purchased by Knight-Ridder Corp., and became
-Information Service in 1982); purchased by Knight-Ridder Corp., and became
+Knight-Ridder Information, 1988-1997; 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., 2001-present as Dialog Corporation. </td>
-and became The Dialog Corporation, 1997-2000; purchased by Thomson Corp.,
--present as Dialog Corporation.&nbsp; </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td valign="Top"> <b> ADDRESS: </b> </td>
-   <td> Web page address: http://www.dialog.com/&nbsp; </td>
+   <td> Web page address: http://www.dialog.com/ </td>
    </tr>
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    <td valign="Top"> <b> PERSONS INVOLVED: </b> </td>
-   <td>  [[Roger Kent Summit|Roger Summit]]; <b>
+   <td>  [[Roger Kent Summit|Roger Summit]]; <b>[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]] database (developed the RECON system for NASA); [[Charles Percy Bourne|Charles Bourne]]
-[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]</b></a>
- database (developed the RECON system for NASA); [[Charles Percy Bourne|Charles Bourne]]
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