Naomi Bates

Dallas/Fort Worth Area United States

Academic education

Education

Naomi considers herself a teacher- librarian with a twist of technology. She's been in education for 24 years and has served as librarian in a K-12 school to a 5A high school with a student population over 3,000. Naomi is active online and has been blogging since 2008 at YA Books and More. She is adept at creating book trailers for young adult books but is equally adept at educational technology, library resources, collaborating with other educators, and advocating on the importance of school libraries. She has traveled throughout the country and South Africa as a speaker for public and school librarians and works extensively within her state speaking on the topics of digital litera...