Jean Armour Polly
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Jean Armour Polly works as the Assistant Director and Administrator of Systems and Technology at the Liverpool Public Library. She is renowned as the "Net-Mom".
Jean is also the website review editor at CommonSenseMedia.org. She has been a board member of The Internet Society.[1] Her interest in promoting the internet has helped her earn the distinction of publishing the first book on the web in 2000.[2] She also coined the term "surfing" for browsing internet sites.[3] Jean Armour Polly is the author of The Internet Kids Yellow Pages.
Career History[edit | edit source]
Before joining Liverpool Public Library, she was the Director of Public Services and Internet Ambassador at NYSERNet, Inc.;[4] prior to that, Jean was a public librarian for sixteen years. She is also a member of the American Library Association. Her interest in accessible internet also led her to be a part of the project GAIN, which helped in connecting the rural public libraries to the internet.
Jean co-owns and co-moderates PUBLIB, the Internet discussion list for public librarians; and is the owner of Netmom.com, a website where she reviews websites for kids and families. She has also published The Internet Kids Yellow Pages, and The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages.[5]
Jean Armour Polly is one of the first two women to have been elected to The Internet Society's Board of Trustees.
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ICANNWiki resources: Content Guide | Documentation | Development || Maintenance: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion || Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library