Jean Armour Polly is a librarian and the author of an early series of books on safe Internet services, Surfing the Internet..[1] She has been an active Internet user since 1991.[2] In 2019, she was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.[3] She was Director of Public Services and Internet Ambassador at NYSERNet, Inc (1992–1995).[4] She has served on the Internet Society Board of Trustees (1993–1996) and on the ICANN At-Large Advisory Council (ALAC) (2004–2006), as well as on the board of ICRA.[5][6]
- ^ Jean Armour Polly (December 15, 1992). "Surfing the INTERNET: an Introduction, Version 2.0.2". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ "The woman who coined the expression "Surfing the Internet"". SurferToday. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "2019 INTERNET HALL of FAME INDUCTEES". Internet Society. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "'Copyright/Internet -Jean Armour Polly - free program (fwd)'". MARC. 1994-10-22. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "1994-1995". Internet Society. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Archives - Biographical Data on Jean Armour Polly". ICANN. Retrieved 2022-02-25.