LINUS January 2002 : Library News
Happy Retirement
Wong Kah Wei, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
On 28 September 2001, we bid farewell to Ms Lim Bee Lum, Head of Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library (1991-2001) who retired after 37 years of service.
Miss Lim Bee Lum.
Miss Lim joined the then University of Singapore as a Library Probationer in June 1964. After a year at the Cataloguing Department, she was transferred to the Medical Library, which was located at Sepoy Lines then. She remained at Medical Library until 1968, when she left for library school at University of Washington, Seattle on a Ford Foundation Scholarship. When she returned, she was posted to the Circulation Department. She was the head of Circulation Department from 1971 to 1991. In May 1991, she was transferred to head the Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library.
Miss Lim has seen the Library develop from the days of card catalogues through to the computerization of the library system. Miss Lim is also familiar with many people around campus as she served on the NUS Cooperative Society Board of Directors, the Faculty Club's Management Committee and the Campus Green Committee.
Centre front from left, Miss Jill Quah, Miss Lim Bee Lum,
Mrs Kwok-Foo Yan Chuin (the new HSSML Head) and
Mrs Lee-Wang Cheng Yeng (the first HSSML Head).
Being an avid traveller, she has been round the world from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Austria to the Galapagos Islands. The last place she visited before retiring was the Hunza Valley and Karakorum Highway in Pakistan. Now, with more time on her hands, Miss Lim would like to continue pursuing this passion of hers along with playing tennis, walking and swimming. Not forgetting, the digitizing of all the photographs she had taken in the course of her travels.
Miss Jill Quah spoke about her friend and colleague Miss Lim Bee Lum and her contributions to the Library.
"In all those years of working in SU and NUS Library, I had the privilege of working with 4 distinguished Chief Librarians-Miss Jean Waller, Mrs Wang-Chen Hsiu Chin, Mrs Peggy Hochstadt and the present Librarian, Miss Jill Quah. It was also a privilege to be involved in the development of the library and to make life-long friends." said Miss Lim during the retirement party we had for her.
Well, it has been a privilege for us to have worked with you, Miss Lim. Happy Retirement!
Miss Lim with the staff of Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library.
Last updated on 2/1/2002 © National University of Singapore Library
Contents January 2002
Library News
Electronic Resources
Collection Highlights
Fun and games galore at the Hi-Tea
Happy Retirement to Lim Bee Lum
Home book delivery
NUS Library Opening Hours
Reorganization of C J Koh Law Library
Reservoir of knowledge and experience at the NUS Library
A short play by NUS Library WITs
Two Winners for Best Suggestion of the Year from NUS Library
Bloomberg Professional Service
Current Contents Connect Guide
Food Science & Technology Abstracts Guide
Life Sciences Online Tutorial
New CD-ROMs in Science Library
New Law database: AGIS
Recent materials on Effective Teaching Methods