The home organization trend that started with Marie Kondo and spread via The Home Edit on Netflix has people thinking about spaces in their lives that could use a once-over. Rather than waiting to do spring cleaning, you can help patrons with a fall makeover using eBooks and articles from the Michigan eLibrary.

Whether it’s excess clutter or cleanliness, the eBook Public Library Collection includes eBooks that can help get the mess under control. Highlights include Real Simple Clutter-Free Home to help people deal with the clutter that can easily invade our living spaces. For those who have a lot of books (ahem, library staff), information about how to organize them at home is available in For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library. Teens seem to have a particular knack for mess and disorganization. Where’s My Stuff? 2^nd Edition: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide might be the key to helping them get everything in order. Whether working from home or at an office, Organizing Your Office and Your Life: Clear the Clutter and Your Mind offers information to help manage email and paperwork that can quickly become overwhelming. Finally, if cleanliness is an issue, Real Simple Secrets to a Clean Home is just the eBook to help tackle those dusty corners.

MasterFILE Complete from MeL also provides access to periodicals with articles to help manage organizational issues. Consumer Reports includes Goodbye, Mess. This detailed article offers step-by-step instructions and organizational tips for troublesome areas of the home such as spice cabinets and linen closets which can quickly become overrun with excess contents. The Complete Guide to Decluttering from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance demonstrates how people can make money by selling items and reorganize without spending money. Not only is decluttering advice helpful for our homes, but also for our digital lives. Digital Decluttering Done Right from Real Simple has practical tips for ridding cell phones of content as well as addressing excessive device usage.

If you are looking for experts to provide programming, Michigan has a variety of organizing professionals. Moxie Life Organizing, a Michigan business, was highlighted in the Grand Rapids Business Journal, available in MasterFILE Complete. This dynamic duo might be the perfect partner for a library program.

Offering MeL eResources and programming about organization to help patrons streamline their lives is one more way libraries can add value to their communities.

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