The journal publishes original research and rapid communications, as well as book reviews and announcements of the association.

Occasional special issues appear with contents focused on a single topic area.

"[2] In the postwar years, rapid technological and social changes ushered in an "information explosion" which created many new problems and opportunities of special interest to documentation specialists, and in time documentation found itself at the center of the emerging field of information science.

[3] In 1991, the publication frequency increased to 10 issues yearly and by 1996, the journal was publishing monthly.

[4] In 2000, ASIS again voted to change its name, this time to The "American Society for Information Science and Technology", in order to recognize the further changes in membership and interests brought on by the rise of the internet and the mainstreaming of networked computing and information technology.