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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EXPLAINED FOR EVERYONE

WHAT IS THE COLLABORATIVE LIBRARY (TCL)?

It is a community‐driven platform offering lay (or plain language) summaries of peer‐reviewed research articles. Our mission is to make research easy to understand, encourage public engagement and be accessible to all.

We allow contributions in multiple formats (written, audio, video) and encourage students, clinicians and service users to participate.

Membership is free.

  WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 

→ Discover clear, plain-language summaries

→ Create and publish your own lay summary

→ Bring TCL to your organisation

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PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS AND PARTNERS

Please find our criteria for participating organisations here.
To find out more about our partners and their important missions, please click here.

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