Katina Strauch

Katina P. Strauch (born 1946){{cite web |title=Strauch, Katina P., 1946- - Strauch, Katina P., 1946- | Historic Charleston Foundation |url=https://charleston.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Strauch,%20Katina%20P.,%201946- |website=Historic Charleston Foundation}} is a librarian, now retired, at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the founder and convener of the Charleston Conference, a national-level conference for libraries, librarians, and publishers.{{Cite journal|last=Eberhart|first=George M.|date=2005|title=The 25th Charleston Conference: Books and Serials Face an Uncertain but Exciting Future.|jstor=25649786|journal=American Libraries|volume=36|issue=11 |pages=34–35}}

She has published extensively on librarianship, and is a co-editor of the Charleston Conference Proceedings, and a founding co-editor of Against the Grain, a periodical on topics in librarianship. Strauch has served on the National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Early life and education

Katina Maria Parthemos was born in Columbia, South Carolina to James and Helen Parthemos. Her father was an academic,{{cite web |title=Obituary information for James Parthemos |url=https://www.blileys.com/obituaries/James-Parthemos?obId=7613263 |website=www.blileys.com}}{{cite web |title=Obituary information for Helen S. Parthemos |url=https://blileys.secure.tributecenteronline.com/obituaries/Helen-S-Parthemos?obId=7621020 |website=blileys.secure.tributecenteronline.com}} and the family moved frequently while she was a child.

She has married twice, becoming known as Katina Walser in 1969, and Katina Strauch on her marriage to Bruce Strauch in 1977.

Katina attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, majoring in economics and working in the library as a student.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in economics as Katina Maria Parthemos in 1969.{{cite book |title=Commencement [1969] |date=2 June 1969 |publisher=Chapel Hill, N.C. : The University |page=9 |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement19691969univ/page/8/mode/2up?q=Katina+Parthemos}}{{cite book |title=The Yackety-Yack: The Yearbook of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |date=1969 |volume=79 |url=https://ia800300.us.archive.org/0/items/yacketyyackseria1969univ/yacketyyackseria1969univ.pdf}}

She then attended library school at Chapel Hill, receiving her Masters in Science in Library Science as Katina Parthemos Walser in 1973.{{cite book |title=Commencement [1973] |date=13 May 1973 |publisher=Chapel Hill, N.C. : The University |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement19731973univ/page/44/mode/2up?q=Katina+Parthemos+Walser |page=44}}{{cite journal |title=Profile: Katina Strauch |journal=Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community |date=1 March 2006 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=71–72 |doi=10.1629/1971 |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/jnl-up-j-s-files/journals/1/articles/1163/submission/proof/1163-1-1500-1-10-20150226.pdf |doi-access=free }}

Career

=Librarianship =

After graduating, she became a librarian in the Nursing School of Duke University. While there, she wrote a Guide to library resources in nursing (1980) by Katina P. Strauch and Dorothy J. Brundage. The guide was named one of the outstanding reference books of 1980 by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)'s Choice magazine.

Having decided to relocate to Charleston, Katina Strauch joined the College of Charleston in 1979, as head of acquisitions for the Robert Scott Small Library in Charleston, South Carolina. Nearing retirement in 2018, she was head of collection development and assistant dean for technical services at the College's Addlestone Library.{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Mike |title=College of Charleston Librarian Katina Strauch Retires after 37 Years in the Stacks. |url=https://today.cofc.edu/2016/09/01/librarian-katina-strauch/ |work=The College Today |agency=College of Charleston |date=1 September 2016}}

Strauch has served on the National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the

Institute of Museum and Library Services.{{cite book |title=2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service |date=2008 |publisher=Institute of Museum and Library Services |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cqe3ipjwk1gC&pg=PT1 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=National Medal for Museum and Library Service |date=2011 |publisher=Institute of Museum and Library Services |page=27 |url=https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/publications/documents/medals11_0.pdf}}{{cite book |title=Creating a Nation of Learners Strategic Plan 2012–2016 |date=January 2012 |publisher=Institute of Museum and Library Services |page=16 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED543059.pdf}}{{cite news |title=President Obama Appoints Eight New Board Members to the National Museum and Library Services Board |url=https://www.imls.gov/news/president-obama-appoints-eight-new-board-members-national-museum-and-library-services-board |work=IMLS.gov |date=November 16, 2012 |language=en}}

=Charleston Conference=

In 1980, unable to afford to attend the American Library Association's Annual conference, Strauch organized the first Charleston Conference for librarians.{{Cite web|url=https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2012/11/07/charleston-conference-to-flood-downtown-with-1600-bookworms/ |title=Charleston Conference to flood downtown with 1,600 bookworms |last=Lawrence|first=Stratton |website=Charleston City Paper |date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=2017-04-28}} The conference now draws an international audience of academic libraries, librarians, and publishers. It was attended by nearly 3,000 people in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Hinds |first1=Leah |title='We're prioritising the in-person event to the highest degree' | Research Information |url=https://www.researchinformation.info/interview/we-re-prioritising-person-event-highest-degree |work=Research Information |date=13 September 2022}}

In 2015, the conference was described as "so well-established, really something of an institution in the library world, that it is difficult to imagine a time when it did not yet exist."{{cite news |last1=Esposito |first1=Joseph |title=People Make the Difference: Steering a Start-up to Success |url=https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/11/11/people-make-the-difference-steering-a-start-up-to-success/ |work=The Scholarly Kitchen |date=11 November 2015}}

=Writing and editing=

Strauch has published extensively on librarianship, collections management, and related issues.{{cite web |title=Strauch, Katina P. |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=strauch+katina+p&btnG=&oq=STRAUCH%2C+KATINA |website=Google Scholar}} Her edited books include Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions (1990){{cite book |editor-last1=Strauch |editor-first1=Katina |editor-last2=Strauch |editor-first2=Bruce |title=Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions |date=1990 |publisher=Haworth Press |location=New York, N.Y |isbn=1560240075}}

Collection assessment: a look at the RLG conspectus (1992){{cite book |editor-last1=Wood |editor-first1=Richard J. |editor-last2=Strauch |editor-first2=Katina |title=Collection assessment: a look at the RLG conspectus |date=1992 |publisher=Haworth Pr |location=New York |isbn=1560242582}} and Theories of bibliographic education (1982).{{cite book |editor-last1=Oberman|editor-first1= Cerise

|editor-first2= Katina |editor-last2= Strauch |title=Theories of bibliographic education: Designs for teaching |date=1982 |publisher=R.R. Bowker Co |location=New York |isbn=9780835215060}}

Strauch is a founding co-editor of Against the Grain, a periodical dealing with topics in librarianship, which was started in 1989.{{cite web |title=History of Against the Grain |url=https://www.charleston-hub.com/about/history-of-against-the-grain/ |website=Charleston Hub}}{{cite book |last1=Gasaway |first1=Laura N. |title=Copyright Questions and Answers for Information Professionals: From the Columns of Against the Grain |date=2013 |publisher=Purdue University Press |isbn=978-1-55753-639-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO39UjtwYk0C&q=%22Against+the+Grain%22++Charleston |language=en}}

Strauch was instrumental in establishing The Charleston Advisor in 1999, a quarterly publication to review web products for information professionals.{{cite journal |last1=Gibson |first1=Tom |title=ATG interviews George Machovec |journal=Against the Grain |date=November 2018 |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=50–53 |url=https://issuu.com/against-the-grain/docs/atg_v30-5 |language=en}}{{cite book| title=The Charleston advisor: critical reviews of web products for information professionals | publisher=WorldCat | oclc=41542348 }}{{cite news |title=Annual Reviews Acquires The Charleston Advisor | NISO website |url=https://www.niso.org/niso-io/2022/06/annual-reviews-acquires-charleston-advisor |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=National Information Standards Organization |date=June 1, 2022}}

Strauch became a co-editor of the Charleston Conference Proceedings in 2001.{{cite book |last1=Strauch |first1=Katina P. |title=Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=978-1-59158-073-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oklyJoWWzUkC&pg=PA7 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Charleston Conference Proceedings |url=https://www.jstor.org/bookseries/10.2307/j.ctvh9vzw8 |website=JSTOR |language=en |jstor=j.ctvh9vzw8 }}

A new digital publication called Katina was launched, succeeding The Charleston Advisor, as of November 12, 2024. It is named in honor of Katina Strauch.{{cite web |title=Nonprofit Annual Reviews launches Katina Magazine for librarians, publishers, and vendors |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/pb-assets/assets/documents/press-release/ar_letterhead_plain_url_katina_11.12.24.pdf |website=Annual Reviews |access-date=12 November 2024}}

Awards and honors

1997, HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions, HARRASSOWITZ Company.{{cite web |title=The HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions |url=https://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/leadershipinacq |website=Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) |language=en |date=7 July 2006}}
2007, Louis Shores-Greenwood Publishing Group Award, from the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA),{{cite news |last1=Hardy |first1=Eileen |title=Katina Parthemos Strauch awarded the 2007 Louis Shores-Greenwood Publishing Group Award |url=https://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2007/february2007/strauchshoresaward |work=News and Press Center |date=1 March 2007 |language=en}}

Selected publications

{{cite journal |last1=Strauch |first1=Katina |title=Issues in book and serial acquisitions: Collection development in the eighties: The LAPT report |journal=Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory |date=1 January 1983 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=213–214 |doi=10.1016/0364-6408(83)90017-0 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/0364-6408%2883%2990017-0?journalCode=ulca19 |language=en |issn=0364-6408|url-access=subscription }}
{{cite book |editor-last1=Strauch |editor-first1=Katina |editor-last2=Strauch |editor-first2=Bruce |title=Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions |date=1990 |publisher=Haworth Press |location=New York, N.Y |isbn=1560240075 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NMT5jvg2i14C}}
{{cite book |chapter=Charleston Conference |first= Katina |last=Strauch |editor-last1=McDonald |editor-first1=John D. |editor-last2=Levine-Clark |editor-first2=Michael |title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences |date=15 March 2017 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-000-03154-6 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxgcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA796 |language=en |pages=794–805}}

References

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