We are a group of volunteer CSD scientists and clinicians passionate about bridging the gap between scientific research and clinical practice.

Our 2024 goal is to foster a collaborative and connected community of self-archivers through hosting learning laboratories with guided sessions to help you initiate and maintain a sustainable self-archiving practice. Our first series was hosted in Spring 2024, with more to come. Through events like our self-archiving learning laboratories we aim to increase knowledge across the field of communication sciences and disorders on how to share and access paywalled research. 

WHY? Our field relies on high-quality, peer-reviewed research to support evidence-based practice. Yet, much of our work remains inaccessible to practitioners, researchers, and people in the community who are not affiliated with universities or national organizations.

By teaching CSD scientists how to self-archive and educating clinicians on how to access research, we can empower our colleagues to make research accessibility the norm in our field. Because when free, legal versions of our field's best research are made available to the public, it can improve the sustainable value of our work.