This Friday, May 2, 2008, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will present the literary works by Dominican authors that comprise Portal Dominicanaonline.org's Virtual Library. The event will occur at 6:30 pm at the GFDD/FUNGLODE pavilion at the XI Santo Domingo International Book Fair, which is currently taking place at the Plaza de la Cultura.

...the Portal strives to offer easy access to relevant and reliable information on the Dominican Republic, promote national values and contribute to the country's visibility worldwide.

The Virtual Library seeks to foster intellectual growth and promote appreciation of Dominican culture. In addition to providing equal access to library materials, the library's digitalized volumes allow for numerous users to read the same book, article or document simultaneously.

Those interested may reference all works available through the Virtual Library. Digital volumes may be read, downloaded and printed at no cost to the reader. All documents form part of the public domain. Restriction free access to all literary works makes the Virtual Library an invaluable teaching tool for classroom instructors.

The site's user friendly "search" feature allows users to search for materials by subject (action, science fiction, drama, children's literature, social studies, education, geography, history, politics, religion, other) or by genre (biography, short story, essay, poetry, novel, report, document, other). The "advanced search" option allows users to also search for texts by title, ISBN, author, editor, year or content.

The portal section "Recommendations" provides readers access to literary critiques of the Library's volumes. Moreover, the section "Reader Favorites" features a list of the texts most frequently read by portal users.

The Virtual Library is an important feature of Portal Dominicanaonline.org. Launched in November 2005, the Portal strives to offer easy access to relevant and reliable information on the Dominican Republic, promote national values and contribute to the country's visibility worldwide.

Experience it for yourself at:
www.dominicanaonline.org/bvdo