President Leonel Fernández inaugurated the first government library in a low-income city barrio. Codetel donated Internet-connected computers to the library. The Villa Duarte barrio library is the first to open as part of a program that seeks to promote reading. It is also the first library to serve the eastern side of Santo Domingo. The library has space for 10,000 books. It has two reading halls with capacity for 60 children and 60 adults. It has areas for the presentation of talks, conferences, videos and cultural and artistic performances. Diómedes Núñez Polanco, director of the National Library, said that the government will soon open more libraries throughout the country.
