Mrs Dora Yeo is appointed Head of Acquisitions, Technical Services Division in Central Library, with effect from 8 June 1996. She takes over the headship from Miss Patricia Gaw.
After obtaining her BA in History, Dora worked as a Library Assistant in Andrews, Kent & Stone, a consulting engineering firm in London. She then studied for her postgraduate diploma leading to ALA.
She joined the Main Library's Cataloguing Dept in the University of
Singapore as Assistant Librarian in 1973. She was transferred to the then Engineering Library in 1975 and she was deployed to the Acquisitions Dept in 1976, where she worked for six years. Dora was promoted to Senior Assistant Librarian in July 1982. She set up the Media Resources Dept in August 1982 and was its first head.
As the new head of Acquisitions, Dora aims to continue to strengthen the library collection as well as to serve the needs of the academic staff and students.