This is the introduction of the audiobook of Doing the Charleston: My Personal History of Scholarly Communication By Katina Strauch & Darrell W. Gunter, published by Against the Grain, LLC and distributed by Michigan Publishing Services, April 2025.
 
Book Description:
In 1980, Katina Strauch started the Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition to bring together librarians, publishers, and vendors to discuss issues shared by the three groups. The meeting has continued annually and boasts over 3,000 attendees in person and virtually. This memoir is Katina’s diary and story of the Charleston Conference and its development concurrently with her career as a professional librarian. Over the last 45 years, there have been massive changes in scholarly communication, changes that Katina has been at the heart of. Where and what will the library and publishing professions develop next? The sky’s the limit to reimagining! Let’s go.
Katina Strauch began life as a librarian in the mid-1970s. In 1980, she started the Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition to bring together librarians, publishers, and vendors to discuss issues shared by the three groups. The meeting has continued annually and boasts over 3,000 attendees in person and virtual, as well as an online counterpart several times a year, Charleston in between. In 1998, Katina partnered with Italian booksellers Casalini Libri to begin the Casalini Fiesole Retreats. These take place every year in different countries around the world. Katina has continued as a professional librarian and has won many awards. She has published numerous books and articles on collection development and acquisitions. She has served on the National Museum and Library Services Board and the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information Board of Visitors. Katina retired as a librarian in 2016. She sold the Charleston Conference and its associated Against the Grain publications imprint to the non-profit publisher Annual Reviews in 2023.

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