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Katina Strauch

Katina P. Strauch (born 1946)[1] 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.[2][3] She has published extensively on librarianship,[4] 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.[5] Strauch has served on the National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the Institute of Museum and Library Services.[6]

Katina Strauch
Born24 December 1946 Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationLibrary scientist Edit this on Wikidata
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Early life and education edit

Katina Maria Parthemos[7] was born in Columbia, South Carolina[8] to James and Helen Parthemos. Her father was an academic,[9][10] and the family moved frequently while she was a child.[8] She has married twice, becoming known as Katina Walser[9] in 1969, and Katina Strauch on her marriage to Bruce Strauch in 1977.[8]

Katina attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, majoring in economics and working in the library as a student.[8] She received her Bachelor of Arts in economics as Katina Maria Parthemos in 1969.[7][11] She then attended library school at Chapel Hill, receiving her Masters in Science in Library Science as Katina Parthemos Walser in 1973.[12][8]

Career edit

Librarianship edit

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.[8]

Having decided to relocate to Charleston,[8] 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.[13]

Strauch has served on the National Museum and Library Services Board, which advises the Institute of Museum and Library Services.[6][14][15][16]

Charleston Conference edit

In 1980, unable to afford to attend the American Library Association's Annual conference, Strauch organized the first Charleston Conference for librarians.[17] The conference now draws an international audience of academic libraries, librarians, and publishers. It was attended by nearly 3,000 people in 2021.[3]

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."[18]

Writing and editing edit

Strauch has published extensively on librarianship, collections management, and related issues.[4] Her edited books include Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions (1990)[19] Collection assessment: a look at the RLG conspectus (1992)[20] and Theories of bibliographic education (1982).[21]

Strauch is a founding co-editor of Against the Grain, a periodical dealing with topics in librarianship, which was started in 1989.[22][23] Strauch was instrumental in establishing The Charleston Advisor in 1999, a quarterly publication to review web products for information professionals.[24][25][26] Strauch became a co-editor of the Charleston Conference Proceedings in 2001.[27][28]

Awards and honors edit

Selected publications edit

  • Strauch, Katina (1 January 1983). "Issues in book and serial acquisitions: Collection development in the eighties: The LAPT report". Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory. 7 (3): 213–214. doi:10.1016/0364-6408(83)90017-0. ISSN 0364-6408.
  • Strauch, Katina; Strauch, Bruce, eds. (1990). Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions. New York, N.Y: Haworth Press. ISBN 1560240075.
  • Strauch, Katina (15 March 2017). "Charleston Conference". In McDonald, John D.; Levine-Clark, Michael (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. CRC Press. pp. 794–805. ISBN 978-1-000-03154-6.

References edit

  1. ^ "Strauch, Katina P., 1946- - Strauch, Katina P., 1946- | Historic Charleston Foundation". Historic Charleston Foundation.
  2. ^ Eberhart, George M. (2005). "The 25th Charleston Conference: Books and Serials Face an Uncertain but Exciting Future". American Libraries. 36 (11): 34–35. JSTOR 25649786.
  3. ^ a b Hinds, Leah (13 September 2022). "'We're prioritising the in-person event to the highest degree' | Research Information". Research Information.
  4. ^ a b "Strauch, Katina P." Google Scholar.
  5. ^ a b Hardy, Eileen (1 March 2007). "Katina Parthemos Strauch awarded the 2007 Louis Shores-Greenwood Publishing Group Award". News and Press Center.
  6. ^ a b 2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2008.
  7. ^ a b Commencement [1969]. Chapel Hill, N.C. : The University. 2 June 1969. p. 9.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Profile: Katina Strauch" (PDF). Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. 19 (1): 71–72. 1 March 2006. doi:10.1629/1971.
  9. ^ a b "Obituary information for James Parthemos". www.blileys.com.
  10. ^ "Obituary information for Helen S. Parthemos". blileys.secure.tributecenteronline.com.
  11. ^ The Yackety-Yack: The Yearbook of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PDF). Vol. 79. 1969.
  12. ^ Commencement [1973]. Chapel Hill, N.C. : The University. 13 May 1973. p. 44.
  13. ^ Robertson, Mike (1 September 2016). "College of Charleston Librarian Katina Strauch Retires after 37 Years in the Stacks". The College Today. College of Charleston.
  14. ^ National Medal for Museum and Library Service (PDF). Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2011. p. 27.
  15. ^ Creating a Nation of Learners Strategic Plan 2012–2016 (PDF). Institute of Museum and Library Services. January 2012. p. 16.
  16. ^ "President Obama Appoints Eight New Board Members to the National Museum and Library Services Board". IMLS.gov. November 16, 2012.
  17. ^ Lawrence, Stratton (November 7, 2012). "Charleston Conference to flood downtown with 1,600 bookworms". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  18. ^ Esposito, Joseph (11 November 2015). "People Make the Difference: Steering a Start-up to Success". The Scholarly Kitchen.
  19. ^ Strauch, Katina; Strauch, Bruce, eds. (1990). Legal and ethical issues in acquisitions. New York, N.Y: Haworth Press. ISBN 1560240075.
  20. ^ Wood, Richard J.; Strauch, Katina, eds. (1992). Collection assessment: a look at the RLG conspectus. New York: Haworth Pr. ISBN 1560242582.
  21. ^ Oberman, Cerise; Strauch, Katina, eds. (1982). Theories of bibliographic education: Designs for teaching. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. ISBN 9780835215060.
  22. ^ "History of Against the Grain". Charleston Hub.
  23. ^ Gasaway, Laura N. (2013). Copyright Questions and Answers for Information Professionals: From the Columns of Against the Grain. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-639-6.
  24. ^ Gibson, Tom (November 2018). "ATG interviews George Machovec". Against the Grain. 30 (5): 50–53.
  25. ^ The Charleston advisor: critical reviews of web products for information professionals. WorldCat. OCLC 41542348.
  26. ^ "Annual Reviews Acquires The Charleston Advisor | NISO website". National Information Standards Organization. June 1, 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  27. ^ Strauch, Katina P. (2001). Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2001. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 978-1-59158-073-7.
  28. ^ "Charleston Conference Proceedings". JSTOR. JSTOR j.ctvh9vzw8.
  29. ^ "The HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions". Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). 7 July 2006.
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