Reading Greece: The Libraries of the Municipality of Chania as Dynamic Centers of Culture and Incubators of Knowledge and Democracy

Reading Greece: The Libraries of the Municipality of Chania as Dynamic Centers of Culture and Incubators of Knowledge and Democracy

Regional libraries play a crucial role in preserving, processing, maintaining, and promoting the intellectual heritage of communities, offering free and equal access to all. Every citizen is served without discrimination and encouraged to participate actively. Libraries also preserve both tangible and intangible cultural heritage, through the collection, documentation, and digitization of personal testimonies and memorabilia, transforming them i…