President Fern?ndez yesterday presided over the formal delivery to the National Library of the first seven of a fleet of bookmobiles intended to operate throughout the Santo Domingo metropolitan area. The bookmobile initiative is intended to bring books (and the love for reading) to some of poorer barrios so that citizens do not have to journey to the National Library. They will visit once a week on a fixed schedule until such time as a permanent library is built in the sector. In addition to books, the vehicles will carry computers, VCRs and works on cassette tape. The "Mobile Libraries" project is being supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Three of the bookmobiles were custom-built by the Dominican government, one was donated by UNESCO and another was donated by the French Government.
