The following chronology outlines major events in the history of Iter. The list is in reverse chronological order. Readers may also be interested in our organizational chart and list of research assistants.

March 2008	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to assist in making the contents of the Cranz collection accessbile digitally.
July 2007	MOISA: the International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage joins Iter as an associate society for the period July 1, 2007 - December 31, 2012.
April 2007	The Medieval Academy of America votes to continue its status as an associate society of Iter, 2007-2010.
October 2004	The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) becomes Iter's sixth partner. David Whitford agrees to represent the SCSC on the Executive Board for a 3-year term.
Spring 2004	The Medieval Academy of America votes to continue its status as an associate society of Iter, 2004-2007.
November 2003	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to provide continuing support to improve access to manuscript studies.
February 2003	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to support the conversion of Betty Travitsky's Bibliography of English Women Writers, 1500-1640, into an online, searchable database.
January 2003	The International Society of Anglo-Saxonists joins Iter as an associate society.
January 2002	The Medieval Academy of America joins Iter as an associate society, 2002-2004.
September 2001	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to improve access to information on medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.
January 2001	The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference joins Iter as an associate society.
November 1999	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to make available in electronic, searchable format, Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum.
March 1998	The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation approves an appropriation to the RSA for development of Iter.
February 1998	The Executive Board approves the bylaws for Iter, Inc.
January 1998	Access to the full database is restricted to individual subscribers and a guest database is created. Institutional subscriptions are made available.
September 1997	The certificate of incorporation for Iter, Inc. is filed in the State of New York.
April 1997	Research assistants begin subject cataloguing current (1996+) journal materials. A system is developed wherein the assistants at the ACMRS and the CRRS provide subject information, which is then converted at FIS into appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings and Dewey Decimal Classification.
February 1997	Indexing of book reviews begins.
January 1997	The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation awards Iter a grant to develop subject access to articles.
October 1996	The University of Toronto Library (UTL), represented by Chief Librarian Carole Moore, becomes Iter's fifth partner. A test site for Iter, hosted by UTL, is made available to the public as part of the UTL's commitment to provide technical support for Iter.
September 1996	The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS), University of Toronto, represented by Dean Lynne C. Howarth, joins Iter as its fourth partner. Research assistants at FIS take responsibility for editing records created at the ACMRS and the CRRS and for establishing name authorities in accord with international library standards.
June 1996	A pilot project begins in Toronto on systems for providing subject access to articles.
April 1996	The Council of the RSA formally approves joining the partnership which is then named Iter.
March 1996	The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards the RSA a grant for development of Iter's bibliography.
February 1996	The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), Arizona State University, Tempe, represented by Director Robert E. Bjork, joins the project as an equal partner. Its research assistants share the work required of subject experts with the students at the CRRS.
October 1995 - April 1996	The project develops a bibliography of journal articles which resides at the Centre for Instructional Technology Development (CITD), University of Toronto at Scarborough. William Barek, Director of CITD, provides technical support. Research assistants at the CRRS collect the bibliographical citations.
October 1995	The Executive Board of the RSA decides to join the proposed partnership.
September 1995	The Managing Committee of the CRRS votes in favour of forming a partnership with the RSA. In the planning documents, William R. Bowen is named the first Director and John Monfasani, the first Treasurer.
1994-95	John Monfasani, incoming Executive Director of the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) initiates discussions with Konrad Eisenbichler, Director of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS), University of Toronto, and William R. Bowen, University of Toronto, about the creation of an online bibliography for Renaissance studies.