Blowers, Helene

Helene Blowers is web services director of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, well known for its outstanding web resources. She co-led the development of several innovative children's websites including StoryPlace.org, Handsoncrafts.org, and the award-winning BookHive.org, that won the ALA-ALSC Notables Award and Learning Magazine's Teacher Choice Award. Story-Place.org was selected as an Education "Best Bet" in USA Today and was included in Education World's Best of 2000.