The Handy Librarian, LLC is a domestic limited liability company registered in Wisconsin and carrying general liability insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence) through Everspan Insurance Company. For more information or to request a Certification of Insurance document, please reach out via email.

After I lost my academic librarian/archivist job in August 2025, I knew finding another "normal" job was going to be a huge challenge. Librarian jobs are few and far between (archivist jobs even more so) and most people who work outside libraries don't understand what librarians do or value our generalist skill sets. 

For months, I tried to squeeze myself into specialist boxes on job applications without much success. Then one day, I came across a comment from Mercury Stardust encouraging women and nonbinary people to get into trades and handy work, specifically catering to clients who aren't comfortable inviting traditional handymen into their homes and would much rather work with someone like us.

In that moment, I realized that all of the qualities I had been trying to downplay about myself to traditional employers were the exact qualities a lot of folks like me would be looking for when looking for a professional they could trust inside their homes. I started The Handy Librarian, LLC as an organizing, cleaning, and odd jobs business that lets me help folks using my research background and problem solving skills.

I'm a Jac of all trades, a generalist who loves learning how to fix things, making tired things look beautiful again, and helping people reclaim their spaces and lives when things are overwhelming them. 

Although my business is relatively new, I've been helping people with decluttering, organizing, and cleaning projects in their homes for over 20 years. I also have practical experience with large-scale organizing projects in library settings and all of the professional training that comes with earning a Master of Library and Information Science. 

My clients include busy parents, single professionals with demanding jobs, disabled folks, retirees, and just about everyone else you can imagine. I've done everything from organizing a single pantry to deep cleaning entire large homes and nothing really fazes me at this point! 

If you need help solving a problem in your home, let's talk!