The Charleston Advisor

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| title =The Charleston Advisor

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| editor = George Machovec

| discipline = Library science

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| abbreviation = Charlest. Advis.

| publisher = The Charleston Company (1999–2022)
Annual Reviews (publisher) (2022–2024)

| country = United States

| frequency = Quarterly

| history = 1999–2024

| openaccess = Hybrid

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| website = http://www.charlestonco.com/

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| OCLC = 41542348

| LCCN = sn99008755

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| ISSN = 1525-4011

| eISSN = 1525-4003

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The Charleston Advisor (July 1999 – July 2024){{cite web| title=The Charleston Advisor | url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv | publisher=Ingenta | website=Ingenta Connect | access-date=28 August 2018 }} was a peer-reviewed publication that reviewed proprietary and free Internet resources that libraries license and make available to their patrons. The journal's tag line was "Critical reviews of web products for informational professionals."{{cite book| title=The Charleston advisor: critical reviews of web products for information professionals | publisher=WorldCat | oclc=41542348 }} It was published quarterly.

Inspiration for the publication came from Katina Strauch, then Head of Technical Services at the College of Charleston. The publisher of the journal was Becky Lenzini, and the managing editor throughout its 25-year run was George Machovec.{{cite journal |last1=Hinds |first1=Leah |title=Against the Grain Interviews: Rebecca Lenzini and George Machovec |journal=The Charleston Advisor |date=1 July 2024 |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=8–9 |doi=10.5260/chara.25.5.05 }}

The journal has won a Readers' Choice Award.{{cite web| title=JSTOR's ebook program wins Readers' Choice Award from The Charleston Advisor | url=https://about.jstor.org/news/jstors-ebook-program-wins-readers-choice-award-charleston-advisor/ | publisher=JSTOR | date=31 October 2017 | access-date=28 August 2018 }} It provided the ccAdvisor online review facility with the magazine Choice.{{cite web| title=Choice and The Charleston Company launch ccAdvisor | url=http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/09/choice-and-charleston-company-launch-ccadvisor | publisher=American Library Association | work=ALA member news | date=9 June 2017 | access-date=28 August 2018 }}

{{As of|2022}} The Charleston Advisor was sold by The Charleston Company to science publisher Annual Reviews.{{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}} The last issue of The Charleston Advisor, a retrospective from its 25 year history, was published 1 July 2024 as Volume 25, number 5.{{cite web |title=The Charleston Advisor: Volume 25, Number 5, 1 July 2024 Table of Contents |url=https://annurev.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/annurev/tca/2024/00000025/00000005 |website=annurev.publisher.ingentaconnect.com |access-date=26 July 2024}} Subscribers received permanent access rights to the archive of over 1,500 published articles.

A new digital publication called Katina was launched to succeed The Charleston Advisor as of November 12, 2024.{{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}} Katina is named after Katina Strauch, the founder of the Charleston Conference and the originator of the idea for The Charleston Advisor. Katina will contain library resource reviews and other content relating to open access and library and information science.{{cite journal |last1=Machovec |first1=George |title=From Your Managing Editor: Special Retrospective Issue |journal=The Charleston Advisor |date=1 July 2024 |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=3 |doi=10.5260/chara.25.5.01}}