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 […]

READ MORE
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 […]

READ MORE
Library Associations Singapore
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 […]

READ MORE
Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
The Real Yolanda

Yolanda grows on you. She grew on me, and her memory is embedded deeply in my psyche. I remember her gentle manners, sweet voice, smiling face, her child-like giggles, chuckles and infectious laughter. I wake up every morning to see, in my bathroom, the cloth elephant tissue case she brought back from Chiangmai, and in […]

READ MORE
Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
Dear Yolanda

All too suddenly, you left us. Your life is a gift from God and I am blessed that He brought you into my life … sharing friendship and faith created a special connection between us. You were a devout Roman Catholic, one who attended Mass daily, even when on holidays. When we shared a room […]

READ MORE
11 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 […]

READ MORE