Dear all, the New Mailing list of the OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/open-research-society-ngo You are invited to join the moderated list and to promote your activities by sending posts. Warm Regards Miltiadis D. Lytras About The Open Research Society (ORS) is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and is not depending on any government, political party, political or religious organization or entities representing financial interests. Objectives * Providing free access to knowledge and the results of scientific research to all people at national, European or international level. * The promotion and spreading of the idea of volunteering and voluntary offer among the creators of knowledge and the deliverers of scientific research. * The development of the citizens’ society without dependence or influence from state bodies and/or the market, as well as fighting off social exclusion in the fields of knowledge and scientific research. * The promotion of the lifelong learning idea and the distance learning method, especially by making use of computers and the internet.