Janet Tapper, Director-at-Large (Second Term)

Janet retired after 15 years as Dean of Library Services at University of Western States in November of 2019. She has twice served on the board of directors for the Oregon Association of College and Research Libraries and as Chair of the Chiropractic Libraries Consortia. She joined HPSO in 2020 and the pandemic allowed her time to study and enhance her suburban garden with the help of the HPSO resources and online courses. She is in the certification process for Backyard Habitat and is planting natives for pollinators and to reduce water requirements. Janet gardens in the Rock Creek/Beaverton area. She oversees the members’ Reading Room at Elk Rock.