Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi, established in 2003, is a registered journal  with e-ISSN Indonesia : 2477-0361 and ISSN Internasional : 2477-0361. It is a periodical journal managed by an journal management team of the Library of Universitas Gadjah Mada. Published twice a year, Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi focuses on the research process in library and information science, documentation, archives, as well as research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance. Since its first publication, Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has published up to volume 12. Since July 9, 2016, all volume can be accessed online. Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi is indexed by both national and international indexer institutions such as: Indonesian Scientific Journal Database (ISJD - National), Indonesian Publication Index (IPI - National), Directory Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO, Google Scholar, CrossRef (International), and Indonesia One Search (National) and several other indexer institutions.

Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has been accredited as a scientific journal Sinta 2 by the Ministry of Research-Technology and Higher Education Republic of Indonesia: SK No. 295/C/C3/KPT/2026 valid from Volume 20 No 2 Tahun 2024 until Volume 25 Nomor 1 Tahun 2029.

Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has made a major contribution in supporting the development of information and library science, bureaucratic reformation, good governance, and public policies in Indonesia. Starting from 2017, manuscript submission process and any other management process will be completely managed by an online system. The consequence of this full online process is there will be some publication delays and fewer articles. While in the previous volumes Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi published less than 10 articles, starting from 2017 Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi publishes a minimum 10 articles per volume. Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi follows a national standard of scientific journal and aims to expand the academic service to the international level.

During its publication, Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has increased the number of article included in every volume. The current volume publishes 10 articles and this will remain the same in the future publication. The process of increasing the number of articles can be seen as follows:  Volume 11, No 1, 2015 (5 articles), Volume 11, No 2, 2015 (7 articles), Volume 12, No 1, 2016 (9 articles), Volume 12, No 2, 2016 (10 articles), and Volume 13, No 1, 2017 (10 articles).

Previously, Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi Volume 1 Issue 1 Year 2003 until Volume 15 Issue 2 Year 2019 were published in old website here: https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/bip/issue/archive

Started from Volume 16 Issue 1 Year 2020, Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has been published in new website here: https://journal.ugm.ac.id/v3/BIP

Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi has been accredited by the Directorate General of Research and Development of the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, the Republic of Indonesia from time to time since the first publication on 2003.

• 24 Oktober 2018 - Accredited 1st SK No. 30/E/KPT/2018 valid from Vol. 13 No. 2 2017 until Vol. 17 No. 2 2021
• 27 December 2021 - Accredited 2nd SK No. 158/E/KPT/2021 valid form Vol. 16 No. 2 2020 until Vol. 21 No. 1 2025
• 3 February 2026 - Accredited third SK. No. 295/C/C3/KPT/2026 Valid form Vol. 20 No. 2 2024 until Vol. 25 No. 1 2029