The following report abbreviates the histories of the ten newspaper databases used in the Oceanic Exchanges project, providing information on fourteen instantiations of the data across web interfaces, APIs and text mining drives. This includes a chronology of the development of each, a discussion of its aims and offerings, and a report on its current status and availability. These histories will also include a discussion of the data within the collection, its overall structure and technical detail. The following repositories are discussed:
| Database | Provider | Project Date | Version(s) Described | Metadata Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Library 19th Century Newspapers | British Library; JISC; Gale: A Cengage Company | Pilot 2001; Main 2004 | September 2013; December 2018 | Bespoke XML & GIFT |
| Chronicling America | Library of Congress and Partner Collection Holders | 2005 | September 2017 | METS/ALTO |
| Delpher | National Library of the Netherlands | Pilot 1999; Main 2007 | November 2018 | MPEG21/ALTO |
| Deutsches Zeitungsportal | Deutsche Digital Bibliothek, Germany | 2021 | November 2021 | METS/MOD/ALTO |
| Europeana | Europeana Foundation | 2012 | September 2018 | ENMAP METS/ALTO |
| Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de México | Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de México | 2002 | October 2018 | Bespoke JSON & METS/ALTO |
| Papers Past | National Library of New Zealand | 2000 | April 2018 | METS/ALTO & Bespoke XML |
| Suomen Kansalliskirjaston digitoidut sanomalehdet | National Library of Finland | 2001 | October 2019 | METS/ALTO |
| Times Digital Archive | Gale: A Cengage Company | 2002 | April 2018 | GIFT |
| Trove | National Library of Australia | 2007 | February 2018 | METS/ALTO & Bespoke XML |
| ZEFYS | State Library of Berlin | 2009 | December 2019 | METS/ALTO |