Ruth Toor Author

Hilda K. Weisburg “retired” after 31 years as a school librarian. Currently she is the chair of AASL Advocacy Committee and is on the ALA Committee on Literacy. She gives numerous presentations in New Jersey and state library association conferences. Together with Ruth Toor she has written 13 books (and a recent solo work for ALA Editions, The School Librarian’s Career Planner) and became sole publisher and editor of School Librarian’s Workshop.

Ruth Toor retired after 29 years as an elementary school librarian in Chatham, New Jersey, USA. She is a past president of AASL and a past member of ALA Council. During her AASL presidency, she was its representative to the National Forum for History Standards as well a member of the Implementation Committee for Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. She taught graduate courses at Rutgers and Montclair State Universities. A past president of NJASL, she received its President’s Award.