It covers theoretical and practical developments in archival science, particularly in North America.

The journal contains essays, case studies, perspectives, and reviews of recent books and web resources.

Contents are freely available to the public, except for the six most recent issues, which are viewable only to subscribers and society members.

Online supplements are published irregularly and without access restrictions.

[3] In 2011 the journal published its first online supplement, which featured content from the Society of American Archivist's 75th annual conference.