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

The guide was named one of the outstanding reference books of 1980 by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)'s Choice magazine.

Nearing retirement in 2018, she was head of collection development and assistant dean for technical services at the College's Addlestone Library.

[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).

[22][23] Strauch was instrumental in establishing The Charleston Advisor in 1999, a quarterly publication to review web products for information professionals.