{"id":13922,"date":"2017-03-06T11:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13922"},"modified":"2017-05-15T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:23:40","slug":"opaleke-deacon-joseph-sunday","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/opaleke-deacon-joseph-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"OPALEKE, Deacon Joseph Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BLS, DC.Sc, MLIS, CLN; chartered librarian, administrator; b: October 30, 1955; p: Offa; ht: Offa; lga: Offa; m: Alice A.I. Babatunde, October 11, 1978; nc: three s, one d; ed: St. John African LEA School, Ilorin, 1961-65; Iyeru Okin LEA School, Offa, 1966-68; Erin-Ile Secondary School, 1970-74; Lokoja Teachers&#8217; College, Lokoja, 1974-76; Federal College of Education, Katsina, 1980-83; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1986-91; 1998-2000; University of Ilorin, 1996-97; Delta State University, Abraka, Ph.D in view, since 2001; cr: Liaison Officer, NYSC, Oyo State, 1983-84; Classroom Teacher, Ebenezer LSMB, Erin-Ile, 1976-84; Master, Iyeru Grammar School Offa, 1984-92; Academic Librarian, College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, 1992- 96; Circulation Librarian, 1992-95; Head, Reader&#8217;s Services, 1993- 95; Academic Librarian, University of Ilorin: Serials Librarian, 1995- 96; Reference and Law Librarian, 1996-98; Document and Reference Librarian, 1997-98; Catalogue and Classification Librarian, 1998- 01; Serials and Document Librarian, 2001; Audio visual and Thesis Librarian, 2001-02; Serials and Document Librarian, 2002; Staff Development Leave, Ph.D, 2002-03; College Librarian, College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, since 2003; mm: Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo branch Secretary, 1983-84; Nigeria Union of Teachers, Kwara State Auditor, 1990-92; Baptist Church, Offa, Deacon for Life, since 1989; District Educational Committee, 1990-91; Offa Local Government Education Authority, 1992-95; Offa Township Library Board, 1994-98; Editor Baptist Outreach, 1995-97; Treasurer, Nigerian Library Association, Kwara State, 1995-98; ch. Parent- Teachers&#8217; Association, Emmanuel Baptist Academic, Ijagbo, since 2005; mm: Life Bible Society of Nigeria; Gideon&#8217;s International, Offa; London Institute of Commerce; Teaching Profession; Chartered, Nigerian Library Association; h: National Youth Service Corps Award, Oyo State, 1984; Family Support Programme Award, Kwara State, 1995; Staff Development Award, University of Ilorin, 2000; publ: Co-author, The Use of Library, p.213-228 and Study Skills p.229-312, in Alebiosu S.A (ed), &#8220;General Studies for Students of Higher Institutions&#8221;, Outerpace, Ilorin, 1996; he has written articles in local and internal journals; and presented papers in seminar, conferences and workshops; sc: Lamondi Community Development Association; bob: reading, writing, research, teaching, agriculture; off: College Library, Kwara State College of Education, P.M.B. 309,, Oro, Kwara State; tel: 08034840313, 031-700045; e-m: sopaleke54@yahoo.com; res: Jesu Layomi House, adjacent, to Emmanuel Baptist Church, Ijagbo, P.O.Box 663, Offa, Kwara State; tel: 031801661, 08055414808.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1532],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13922","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-librarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13922"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}