RLG projects over the past decade-plus have included the following. For present initiatives, go to Current Projects.

• Digital Repository Certification
• Encoded Archival Description Activities
• METS Activities
• Automatic Exposure—Technical Metadata
• Encoded Archival Context Activities
• International Archival Gateways
• OAIS Activities
• PREMIS—Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies
• The AMICO Library™ from RLG
• Cultural Materials Alliance
• Special Collections Resource Sharing Working Group
• Cultural Materials Initiative
• Natural History Advisory Group
• Arches—RLG's Archival Server Infrastructure
• RLG Archival Resources Redesign for ArchiveGrid
• Ariel®—Document Delivery on the Internet
• Art & Architecture Group
• Attributes of Trusted Digital Repositories
• “Borrow Direct” Resource Sharing
• Capturing Quality Images of Visual Resources
• Chinese Rare Books in a Union Catalog
• CIMI Consortium—A Valued Association
• Creating the Conspectus
• Digital Archiving—Early Priorities
• Digital Image Capture Planning & Topics
• Digital Imaging Project Management Workshops
• Digital Imaging Project Preparation Tools
• Digital Information Preservation—The Landmark Study
• Digital Preservation—Changing Focus
• Digital Preservation Needs—Members' Survey
• Digital Preservation—OAIS-Compliant Metadata
• Digital Repository Testbed Exploration
• Dublin Core Metadata—Exploration for Memory Institutions
• Essential Metadata for Preserving Digital Master Files
• Establishing MARC 21 Coding for Digital Files
• "FAST" Workshops in Finding Aids SGML Training
• "Inaccessible Domain" Materials—A Cataloging Standard
• Interlibrary Lending Peer-to-Peer—RLG's ILL Manager
• Interlibrary Lending Peer-to-Peer—SHARES Partners' Migration
• Metasearch Survey Among RLG Members
• Moving Museum Resources Online—REACH, VISION, & AMICO
• Pinyin Conversion for North American Chinese Cataloging
• Preservation Microfilming Projects & Practice
• RedLightGreen
• RLG Union Catalog Gateway to Local Holdings
• RLIN21™ & RLG Database Infrastructure Migration
• "Studies in Scarlet" Collaborative Digital Collection