Library newspaper secrets exposed!
Did you know the library has a room filled with old newspapers? It is located on the first floor of the library. There is a flaw to this room though that most people do not know.
Microfilm copies of newspapers used to made.
“However, the Oxford Eagle stopped doing this because it was expensive,” said Alex Watson, librarian. “Now, they only keep print copies of the papers.”
The room these papers are kept in has no way of preserving them. If someone comes to check a fact in a few years from the papers you may not be able to read them anymore because of the yellowing. In a few years you won’t be able to see letters send to the editor (Oxford Eagle).
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