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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.<ref>[http://www.laplaza.org/about_lap/archives/cn96/listnr.html laplaza.com]</ref>
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.
*She is also a member of the American Library Association.
*She was elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees, she is one of the two first women to have been elected.
*She is the owner of [[Netmom.com]], a website where she reviews websites for kids and families, thus the name Net-mom. She has also publish the The Internet Kids Yellow Pages, and The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages.<ref>[http://www.familyguidebook.com/book/24.html familyguidebook.com]</ref>
*She was a part of the project GAIN, which helped in connecting the rural public libraries to the Internet.


=== External Links ===
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>
 
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.netmom.com Netmom.com]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49 Surfing the Internet]
*[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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[[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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