Jaclyn McKewan's Web Portfolio

(formerly Jaclyn Mussehl)

Last updated June 15, 2008


I have been creating Web pages since 1998, and below are several examples of my work:

The Odd Couple
http://www.oddcouple.info
Created in January 1998

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My first experience in creating web pages, this is a fan site providing information about the television show, "The Odd Couple." I started it by using free Web space provided by Tripod.com. After the site became popular, I moved it to its own domain name, using advertising to cover the costs.


Urban Legends
http://www.geocities.com/jaclyn_3/pathfinder.html
Created in July 2002

As part of the requirements for LIS 518, Reference Sources and Services, I created this pathfinder dealing with the topic of urban legends.


Western New York Mensa
http://wny.us.mensa.org
Created in February 2003

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This is the web site for Western New York Mensa, the local chapter of American Mensa. It includes information for members and for other interested visitors.

Award Nominations, Mensa's Publications Recognition Program:


Immigration and Citizenship
http://www.jmckewan.com/immigration.html
Created in March 2003

As part of the requirements for LIS 567, Government Information, I created this web guide for government information related to immigration and citizenship (originally hosted on the University at Buffalo's Web server).


Upstate New York Chapter - Special Libraries Association
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cuny/

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After being on the Web committee for my local SLA, I was offered the position of Webmaster in July 2004. Since taking over this position, I have linked each page in the site to a Cascading Style Sheet, which allows for a uniform appearance and fewer "font" tags, which means faster load times. This also allowed me to switch the page over to a CSS-based layout, rather than a table-based layout. I also created a new background and moved subpage links to the side, in order to take advantage of the space created by the colored sidebar. You can view a letter sent to me by our chapter's then-president, thanking me for my committee involvement.


D'Youville College - Montante Family Library - Interlibrary Loan
http://library.dyc.edu/ill.html

In January 2007, I made several contributions to the Montante Family Library website. Our interlibrary loan service, which formerly accepted requests only via paper forms, now accepts requests online. For this new service, I created four PHP forms (one for each type of material), which send the request to the library via e-mail. When you visit the link above, you can find the forms in the purple box on the right side of the page.


Check It Out Home Inspections
http://www.check-it-out-home-inspections.com
Created in February 2007

I was hired to create this website for a local business.