Jean Armour Polly @ Net-mom: The Librarian Who Taught People to Surf the Internet

<p>Jean Armour Polly was a librarian who saw the internet and had what was, at the time, a crazy idea. Since libraries are critical repositories of information and knowledge in most communities, she believed that libraries should offer public internet access.</p><p>Most of her peers disagreed. In fact, most librarians thought of the Internet as a competitor. And a poor one at that with unreliable information. But Jean wouldn't be deterred. She became one of the biggest advocates in the world for public Internet access via libraries. Thanks to her pioneering work championing public Internet access, Jean paved the way for millions of people around the world to discover the Web.</p><p>In this episode of Web Masters, Jean shares the story of how she discovered the Internet, fell in love with it, and then taught people all over the world to love it just as much as her.</p><p>For a complete transcript of the episode, <a href="https://latonas.com/blog/web-masters-episode-26-jean-armour-polly/">click here</a>.</p>