EDUCATION
Arlene Haessler
36 H Miriam Street
Key West, FL 33040
E-mail: ahaessler@mail.usf.edu
Phone: 305.292.2331
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde
Educational Background
My life and my education have not been a straight course but more of a spiral. I often started one thing and then went on to something else only to find myself years later coming back to the beginning. That is how I see my choice to attend the Library and Information Science program at the University of South Florida. I have now come full circle to my original intention to do something with computers only I had no idea then what the future would hold. I am not sure any of us did.
My current course work and practical work is taking me towards Archives and Digitization. Although I also have an interested in Health and Medical Librarianship, our local public library archives/history deparment has offered me an internship which will officially start in the Fall semester.
I also have an interest in promoting Health information literacy in general and contributing to the work being done to promote research literacy and evidence based practice to massage therapists.
Education
University of South Florida.
2015 - present
Graduate student in the Master's of Library and Information Science Program.
University of Florida. BA with Honors in Anthropolgy.
1989 - 1991
My particular interests were in Language and Culture, especially the Latin American area and in Cultural issues in Health.
Florida Keys Community College.
Over the years I have mostly taken courses for fun, for example: Ceramics, Sculpture and Creative Writing; or to fill in my background on a topic like General Psychology; or to try improve my technological skills: Technical Writing, Graphic Design, Photoshop and Desktop Publishing.
Languages
SPANISH-four semesters at the University of Florida, one semester in Merida, Mexico and a recent ten day immersion in San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala
Extra Curriculars
I currently continue to work as a massage therapist and in the past supported myself through work in the restaurant business and on campus throughout my education.
Hobbies
My most loved hobby is Salsa dancing. I also enjoy ballroom dancing and taking Pilates and yoga classes. When the weather is fine I like to get out on the water on my stand-up paddleboard