 On the first floor of Alden Library is University Library's Microforms Collection. A Microform is a scaled-down version of just about any kind of document you can think of, and Alden has thousands of them. Seen here is one of the newspaper, the Athens Mirror and Literary Register. It was a weekly paper created by Archibald Brown, an 1822 graduate of Ohio University, and it existed in Athens from 1825 to 1830. All archives are great, but Microforms are under-appreciated tools for research or good old-fashioned curiosity. Without them, we might not be able to look at these old newspapers without concern regarding the condition of the paper. If you want to give Microforms a try, be gentle when loading the film on and off of the machine, carefully place it back in its box when you're done, and make sure to put it on the return shelf. You can ask for help from someone at the second floor help desk or via the live chat feature on the University Library's website.