 My name is Jodie Collins, I'm a collaborative doctoral student with the British Library and the University of Sussex, funded through AHRC. I research American political pamphlets, specifically published between 1917 and 1945. Sussex offers really good support in terms of the academic side of things. I always got insightful feedback about what I'd been doing and it really put me back on track sometimes when I was feeling unsure if I was going in the right direction. The British Library has allowed me to be very up close and personal with the material that I'm working with in a way that wouldn't have been possible otherwise, but it's also offered me the chance to give more public talks about my work so that people beyond academia can get an insight into what is available at the library. Being based in London has allowed me to collaborate with other institutions such as the Marks Memorial Library who have a huge amount of American political pamphlets, so I've been able to spend time there and help promote their collections as well. I never knew all the opportunities that there were at cultural institutions like the British Library, so it's been really eye-opening to me to see what I could possibly do in the future. It's made me realise that I'd really like to continue that public facing aspect of research. As a PhD student, doing a collaborative doctoral partnership is unparalleled in terms of access to resources and it's an experience that you wouldn't really get otherwise. It's kind of like the voyage of discovery.