Upon hearing he had been named the 2018 Librarian of the Year by the Utah Library Association, Stephen Moon called the lady in charge to ask if a mistake had been made. “I’m the guy who dresses like the Mad Hatter when I go to the schools,” Moon explained, to which he was told that while they were not aware of that fact, it only added to his deserving of the honor. Stephen Moon has been at the Roosevelt Branch Library since 2004 and has worked in Utah libraries since 1989 in Uintah County, Davis County, and Duchesne County. Moon will receive the physical award at the Utah Library Association conference in May but he is quick to point out that he is getting the credit as the boss for the creativity and dedication of the entire library staff. The Roosevelt Branch Library staff has been doing outreach programs with the Head Start Schools in Ft. Duchesne regularly for the past 2 years. They also visit Parkside and the Villa once a week to bring items from the library collection for the people staying there. The library has become a hotspot in Roosevelt for families. “Our family events have become really popular and unlike most libraries, we tie all our events to books in our collection,” shares Moon. The Library is also known for its Wall of Awesomeness and the Moon family gingerbread creations on display every holiday season at the library. It is easy to understand why the Basin’s own Stephen Moon is the 2018 Librarian of the Year.
