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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 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 at Internet Society ([[ISOC]]).<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/polly.htm icann.org]</ref>. Jean has the distinction of publishing the first book on the web in 2000.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wu_surf.htm livinginternet.com]</ref> She coined the term surfing for browsing internet sites. <ref>[http://www.netmom.com/about-net-mom/26-surfing-the-internet.html netmom.com]</ref>. Jean Armour Polly is the author of The Internet Kids Yellow Pages. She has interests in promoting internet.  
Jean is also the website review editor at CommonSenseMedia.org. She has been a board member of [[ISOC| The Internet Society]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/polly.htm icann.org]</ref> Her interest in promoting the internet has helped her earn the distinction of publishing the first book on the web in 2000.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wu_surf.htm livinginternet.com]</ref> She also coined the term "surfing" for browsing internet sites. <ref>[http://www.netmom.com/about-net-mom/26-surfing-the-internet.html netmom.com]</ref>. Jean Armour Polly is the author of The Internet Kids Yellow Pages.


=== Career History ===
== Career History ==
*Before joining Liverpool Public Lirary, she was the Director of Public Services and Internet Ambassador at [[NYSERNet]], Inc.
Before joining Liverpool Public Library, she was the Director of Public Services and Internet Ambassador at [[NYSERNet]], Inc.;<ref>[http://www.laplaza.org/about_lap/archives/cn96/listnr.html laplaza.com]</ref>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.
*Prior to that, Jean was a public librarian for sixteen years.  
*She co-owns and co-moderates PUBLIB, the Internet discussion list for public librarians.


Jean is a member of the American Library Association and is a former director of the Library and Information Technology Association's Board. She was one of the first two women elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees, and holds memberships in the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
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.<ref>[http://www.familyguidebook.com/book/24.html familyguidebook.com]</ref>
An entertaining regular on the demo and speaking circuit, Jean has jacked into the Net in places as diverse as: Alaska, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hawai'i, and historic booth number one at Roger's Frontier Bar in Old Colorado City, Colorado.
She lives on a hill in Central New York, above a woods full of raccoons, fox, and deer. She is currently a freelance writer and independent contractor. Mom to a ten-year-old son, Stephen, Jean also enjoys her cats, ducks, and a garden pond full of goldfish and lilies. More about Jean is available at her home page: http://www.well.com/user/polly. or you can email her at: polly@well.com  


=== References ===
Jean Armour Polly is one of the first two women to have been elected to [[ISOC|The Internet Society]]'s Board of Trustees.
 
== External Links ==
*[http://www.netmom.com Netmom.com]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49 Surfing the Internet]
 
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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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References[edit | edit source]

[[Category:Former ALAC Member]

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

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