[7] Early in her career Dr. Turock was head librarian for the East Winston and Kernersville branches of the Forsyth County system headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

[7] She has authored over 100 reports and publications, and was the founding editor of The Bottom Line, a journal dedicated to the study of library finances.

[2] Turock also lectured and worked as a consultant in the United States, Russia, India, China, Taiwan, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

[8] As president she focused national attention on the digital divide and promoted libraries as the publicly funded point of equalization in access to information.

"[3] A prominent goal of Turock's presidency was recruiting and funding the education of at least fifty students from racial and ethnic minority populations each year.