Nashville, Tennessee USA, June 4, 2004 — Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, is serving as a Major Conference Partner for the Special Libraries Association’s (SLA) 2004 Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, June 5-10, 2004. Factiva is one of three Major Conference Partners with SLA.

As the exclusive Knowledge Age Partner to SLA, Factiva has committed support for specific conference activities and events such as the Closing General Session and Annual Business Meeting with keynote speaker Bill Ivey, the SLA Awards Reception, SLA Tech Zone, Continuing Education Courses, Career Services and conference registration. Factiva has demonstrated their commitment to the profession by sponsoring the Factiva Competencies Award for the seventh consecutive year.

“Our partnership with Factiva reinforces SLA’s strategy to team up with industry leaders to provide our members with a total information solution,” said the Honorable Janice R. Lachance, Executive Director of SLA. “Factiva has always taken an innovative approach to learning programs, so we look forward to their exemplary participation at our Nashville Conference.”

“Both SLA and Factiva are committed to providing members with the tools they need to accelerate their careers and put knowledge to work throughout their organizations,” said Alan Scott, vice president of marketing at Factiva. “The SLA conference is an excellent opportunity for innovative information professionals to learn from inspiring speakers and sessions.”

Factiva
Factiva®, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuter’s newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering 9,000 sources. For more information visit Factiva at www.factiva.com.

About SLA
SLA is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 12,000 members in 83 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org.