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[[File:Bernard Oppenneer.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Bernard Oppenneer at the library at [[841 Graceland]]. Undated photo, | [[File:Bernard Oppenneer.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Bernard Oppenneer at the library at [[841 Graceland]]. Undated photo, possibly 1981. Photo credit: [[Des Plaines Journal]].]] | ||
'''Bernard Lee Oppenneer''' (1928-2024) was [[adminstrator]] of the [[Des Plaines Public Library]] from 1977 to 1994. During his tenure he oversaw the conversion from the card catalog to the online catalog and the installation of the self-checkout machines. He also brought literacy classes to the library. | '''Bernard Lee Oppenneer''' (1928-2024) was [[List of library directors|adminstrator]] of the [[Des Plaines Public Library]] from 1977 to 1994. During his tenure he oversaw the conversion from the card catalog to the online catalog and the installation of the self-checkout machines. He also brought literacy classes to the library. | ||
During his time in Des Plaines, he also served as president of the [[Kiwanis Club]] and the [[Art Guild]]. | During his time in Des Plaines, he also served as president of the [[Kiwanis Club]] and the [[Art Guild]]. | ||
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He was known for his love of Alice in Wonderland and often dressed as the Mad Hatter. | He was known for his love of Alice in Wonderland and often dressed as the Mad Hatter. | ||
[[File:Bernard Oppenneer and Jim Edgar.jpg|450px|left|thumb|Librarians Virginia Brosseit and Lee Cho | {{Image table | ||
|[[File:Bernard Oppenneer and Jim Edgar.jpg|450px|left|thumb|Librarians Virginia Brosseit and Lee Cho with Illinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar<ref>The Illinois Secretary of State is also the state librarian. Edgar would become governor in 1991.</ref> and library administrator Bernard Oppenneer. April 6, 1982]] | |||
|[[File:Oppenneer brick.jpg|325px|thumb|Buy-a-Brick outside the [[library]]]] | |||
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Bernard Lee Oppenneer (1928-2024) was adminstrator of the Des Plaines Public Library from 1977 to 1994. During his tenure he oversaw the conversion from the card catalog to the online catalog and the installation of the self-checkout machines. He also brought literacy classes to the library.
During his time in Des Plaines, he also served as president of the Kiwanis Club and the Art Guild.
Mr. Oppenneer was born December 5, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served as a Private First Class in the Engineer Corps as a radioman and cartographer in the United States Army.
He began his library career as a page in his junior high school in Grand Rapids. He received his Master's of Library Science from the University of Michigan.
Before coming to Des Plaines, he was head librarian at the Reddick Public Library in Ottawa, Illinois, Travers Area District Library in Traverse City, Saginaw Public Libraries, and the Gail Borden Library in Elgin.
He was known for his love of Alice in Wonderland and often dressed as the Mad Hatter.
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- ^ The Illinois Secretary of State is also the state librarian. Edgar would become governor in 1991.
