DIALOG Information Services
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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/ |
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| PERSONS INVOLVED: | <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>
; <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&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=""> NASA</a> 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 Bourne</a> |
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| 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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