Medford, NJ, March 1, 2000— Information Today, Inc. (ITI) is pleased to announce that The LEXIS-NEXIS Group will be corporate sponsor of the 21st annual National Online Meeting, to be held May 16-18, 2000, at the New York Hilton in New York City. 

The largest electronic information conference and exhibition in North America, the National Online Meeting breaks new ground each year, setting industry standards and rules, unveiling new products and services, and evoking discussion–both practical and theoretical. The National Online Meeting will feature a variety of sessions each day within three concurrent tracks, over 160 companies exhibiting the newest online, Internet, and CD-ROM products, systems, and services, Satellite Events taking place on the days before and after the meeting, the day-long “Electronic Publishing” seminar, and the 2-day Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) “conference within a conference.”

“We are very pleased to have this special relationship with LEXIS-NEXIS,” said Tom Hogan, president of Information Today, Inc. “LEXIS-NEXIS is a company that continually seeks out new opportunities to satisfy the information needs of our marketplace, and we are delighted to play a role in those efforts.”

The LEXIS-NEXIS Group (www.lexis-nexis.com), serves 1.8 million customers in more than 60 countries, with sales representatives located in 50 cities in the U.S. and around the world, including Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Toronto. The company’s mission is to be the preferred provider of decision support information and services to professionals in legal, business, and government markets. The LEXIS-NEXIS Group is comprised of companies operating either within LEXIS Publishing (for the legal profession) or the NEXIS business unit (serving business, government, and academic markets).

“LEXIS-NEXIS is pleased to return as the sponsor of the 2000 National Online Meeting,” said Fred Leftrict, vice president of NEXIS marketing. “As a leader in electronic publishing, we are committed to providing reputable content, cutting-edge technology, and state-of-the-art tools, and we look forward to participating in a conference devoted to bringing key content, the newest products, and industry-shaping technologies to a knowledgeable market.”

The National Online Meeting is organized by Information Today, Inc., the sponsor of Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian, Internet Librarian International, and the KMWorld Conference & Expo. ITI is also the publisher of Information Today, KMWorld, Link-Up, Searcher, Computers in Libraries, and MultiMedia Schools. For more information please contact Information Today, Inc. at 800-300-9868 (outside the U.S. call 609-654-6266), fax 609-654-4309, e-mail custserv@infotoday.com, or log onto the ITI Web site at https://www.infotoday.com.