Sydney, (April 11, 2006)

Dialog, a Thomson business, and a long-time supporter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), announced today that it will again sponsor the Australia & New Zealand Informational Professional of the Year Award. Nominations are now being accepted for the award, which is given annually by the Australia and New Zealand chapter of the SLA. Dialog also sponsored the award in 2005—the inaugural year for the award.

The SLA Australia & New Zealand Informational Professional of the Year Award carries a prize of AUD$2,000. This year's winner will be announced at the SLA 97th Annual Conference, 11-14 June 2006, in Baltimore, MD, USA, and presented at the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 2006 Biennial Conference, 19-22 September 2006, in Perth, Australia.

The Dialog-sponsored award is open to all full-time information professionals, including corporate and government librarians, independent information consultants, knowledge managers and others working and living in Australia or New Zealand. A special panel of Australia and New Zealand SLA chapter board members and Dialog management will select the winner.

"This is an exciting time for the information profession in Australia and New Zealand, as we are seeing a great deal of innovation and growth," said Sue Henczel, SLA Chapter Past President and training manager with CAVAL, Ltd., a national consortium of libraries based in Melbourne. "By recognizing the achievements within our industry, we can continue to raise the level of performance for all information professionals."

Nominations should be e-mailed to Sue Henczel at . The deadline for submitting nominations is 12 May 2006. Individuals may nominate themselves or others.

"Dialog is dedicated to empowering the information professional, and we are pleased to once again sponsor this award, which honors the important achievements of information professionals in an important and growing market," said Liz Blankson-Hemans, Dialog director of international information professional development.

Among other activities, Dialog provides continued support to information professionals through its Quantum 2 program (quantum.dialog.com/) to provide professional training and career development support to librarians and others worldwide. Dialog also annually recognizes current and potential professional leaders through its InfoStar Awards and Roger K. Summit Scholarships. (Roger Summit is the founder and chairman emeritus of Dialog).

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