Kathy Abromeit is the Head of the Oberlin Conservatory Library.

Her areas of scholarly interest include music information literacy, faculty/librarian collaboration, African American spirituals, library inclusion and advocacy, and outreach. Her publications include An Index to Negro Spirituals (SUNY Press, forthcoming), and Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy (Library Juice Press, forthcoming), a multi-author volume co-edited with Dyani Sabin. She compiles the Music Received column for Notes.

She is a mindfulness practitioner which has helped to transform her life into one with fresh eyes and less boredom.