Singapore Libraries Bulletin | 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

12 Aug 2011

“Please call me Miss Beh”

Susan: “Hello, Yolanda?” Yolanda: “Do I know you?” Susan: “No, I’m calling for the first time.” Yolanda: “Please call me Miss Beh then.” This was my first encounter with Miss Yolanda Beh. She respected every single person she dealt with and demanded the same in return. She was prim and proper professionally, but a very […]