University Times

Bernadette Callery, assistant professor at the School of Information Sciences (SIS), died July 27, 2012. She was 64.

Callery had taught in the school’s archives, preservation and records management (APRM) specialization since 2007, when she was a visiting faculty member.

As the lead faculty for the APRM specialization, she was responsible for coordinating field experiences for APRM students. Her courses dealt with archives and records management, preservation management, museum archives, digital preservation and the history of books, printing and publishing.

Her legacy at the school includes the creation of an annual lecture series addressing issues in archives and records management.

She also was the founder and organizer for the Preservation Fair: Saving Your Family Treasures, an event at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that was cosponsored by SIS.

Callery joined the Pitt faculty in 2008 after serving as the museum librarian at the Carnegie. She earned her PhD at the School of Information Sciences in 2002; her MA at the University of Chicago in 1971 and her BA at Seton Hill College in 1969.

She is survived by her husband, Joseph Newcomer, and her brother, Tony Callery.