Privacy
On this website
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- We use no analytics, advertising, or tracking of any kind.
- Every file is served from adocentyn.us. Nothing is loaded from any other site.
- There are no forms, accounts, or comments, and we collect no personal information through the site.
The site includes one small script. It shows the color of the beacon for today, works out from the clock on your own device whether the reading room is open, filters the subject tree and the glossary as you type, operates the menu on small screens, and adds the buttons for printing a page and returning to the top. It sends nothing anywhere. The site works without it.
Like any web server, the computer that hosts this site may keep routine technical logs for security. We do not use them to identify visitors.
When you write to us
We use your address only to reply. Correspondence is deleted after two years unless it concerns a gift to the collection, in which case it is kept with the record of the gift. We never sell or share addresses.
In the reading room
The register records your name and town and is kept for three years. Reader ticket records hold your name, town, and one means of contact, and are deleted two years after a ticket lapses. We keep no record of what you read once the books are back on the shelf.
Copyright
The text, images, and design of this website are the copyright of the Adocentyn Athenaeum. All rights are reserved. You are welcome to link to any page and to quote short passages with credit. Please ask before republishing a whole page.
Our guides describe works. They do not reproduce them. Passages from older texts are given in our own paraphrase unless we say otherwise. The seal and the plan of the city are our own drawings.
Terms of use
The information on this website is offered for education and research. We take care to be accurate, but dates and attributions in these fields are often disputed, and we give no warranty that every statement is correct or current.
Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or spiritual advice. Historical recipes, rites, and remedies are described as history. They should not be attempted. The mention of a work is not an endorsement of its claims.
Accessibility
We want every reader to be able to use this site. Pages are built with plain headings and lists, a link to skip to the main content, menus that work from the keyboard, visible focus, text alternatives for images, and strong contrast. Motion is limited to smooth scrolling, which is turned off when your device asks for reduced motion.
If you meet a barrier, please tell us at journal@adocentyn.us and we will put it right. Access to the building is described under Visit the Reading Room.
Changes
If these terms change, the date at the foot of this page will change with them.