12 Aug 2011
A Tribute

I find it hard to pen a few thoughts of my dear friend, Yolanda, without getting all emotional. True her sudden “home call” was unexpected and shocked many of her friends and family members. However upon reflection, I believe it is what Yolanda herself would have preferred. In life, Yolanda was “like an egg, hard […]

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12 Aug 2011
Miss Warm and Hearty

Six months have gone by and I still feel Yolanda’s presence around me, each time I use the bookmark or the soap she bought back for me from her travels. Miss Beh, as she was wont to introduce herself, was Miss Prim and Proper to many, but to me, she was Miss Warm and Hearty. […]

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12 Aug 2011
A Generous and Loyal Friend

I first met Yolanda in 1966 when I joined University of Malaya Library, Kuala Lumpur just after graduating. Yolanda was given the task of training me in the intricacies of cataloguing. It was my good fortune to have Yolanda as my cataloguing mentor and her guidance gave me a very firm foundation in the Library […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
A Warm and Caring Roommate

I have known Yolanda for many years in the library circle but only got to know her better when we both started working part-time at the National Library after our retirement. In 2006, our office was at the Geylang East Branch Library. Yolanda, Chay Hong, Chen Wee and myself usually went out for lunch. Yolanda […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
As I Remember Her

It is not easy for a person to penetrate Yolanda’s seemingly cold and proper work exterior to see the truly gentle and kind person she was inside. I was no exception, and it took me a good while to understand the beauty within her—in fact almost thirty years. Our acquaintance started from 1972, we were […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
From the RELC Staff

The RELC staff compiled their memories of their former boss, whom they miss dearly. As a Boss Miss Yolanda Beh set up the RELC Library and Information Centre from scratch in 1968. From assisting the RELC founder Director to source for a location to house the then Regional English Language Centre to purchasing the first […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
A Boss who went the Extra Mile

The death of Ms Beh is a huge loss to me. It was a privilege to work under her from January to June 1992. I was employed to convert the existing RELC Library’s card catalogue into their newly purchased Library Integrated System. She was more than a mere employer as she went the extra mile […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
Highly Regarded

I first met Yolanda when she joined the University of Malaya (MU) Library in 1966 as a Library Assistant. She left in 1968 to head the RELC Library while I was overseas on sabbatical. She worked under me as a cataloguer, and was very good at her work. I came to know her better after I moved to Universiti […]

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12 Aug 2011
Introduction & About Yolanda

Ms Yolanda Celine Beh died suddenly on 17 December 2010 at home, a few months after her 70th birthday. Her death shocked her family and friends because she was seldom ill. She was always active, travelling a few times a year, especially after her retirement on 6 September 2002. Yolanda had a wide circle of […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
As a Professional

I first came to know Yolanda when I was an undergraduate at the University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur. She was working as a Library Assistant then. She was always quietly doing her work and spoke only when spoken to. I admired her professional disposition and her willingness to help students who were at a […]

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