DIALOG Information Services



	ORGANIZATION:	DIALOG Information Services, Inc.
	ACTIVE DATES:	1965-2023
	ADDRESS:
	E-MAIL:
	PERSONS INVOLVED:	Roger Summit; NASA database (developed the RECON system for NASA); Charles Bourne
	OTHER INFORMATION:	The DIALOG project started at and was part of Lockheed Corporation from 1965-1987. As an organization, it was named "Dialog Information Services, Inc." in 1981; purchased by Knight-Ridder Corp. and became "Knight-Ridder Information" in 1987; purchased by Maid Corp. and became "The Dialog Corp." in 1997; purchased by Thomson in 2000; "Dialog" purchased by ProQuest in 2008; "Dialog Solutions" purchased in 2022 and folded into larger Clarivate company in 2023
	SOURCES:	Mishra, V. (2023, August 7). Dialog Solutions becomes Clarivate. Clarivate. https://clarivate.com/blog/dialog-solutions-becomes-clarivate/ ProQuest Dialog overview. ProQuest. Retrieved September 13, 2023, from https://dialog.proquest.com/professional/help/Dialog_overview.html Summit, R. (2023, May 22). The origins and early history of DIALOG. DIALOG History. https://dialoghistory.org/2023/05/22/the-origins-and-early-history-of-dialog/



	PAPERS AT: LOCATION #1	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.