EDITORIAL: Library serving the jobless

The Journal Gazette

The length of the unemployment line is stretching all the way to local libraries. The increasing number of people needing access to Internet-equipped computers to apply for unemployment benefits is straining library resources.

WorkOne Northeast, the organization responsible for unemployment services in northeast Indiana, appears aware that mounting demand is causing problems for people applying for unemployment insurance and is bolstering its services. But the agency needs to expand its partnerships to help unemployed Hoosiers. And locally, one of those partners needs to be the Allen County Public Library.