Cookie Statement for the John Carter Brown Library

To enhance your experience on our website and to better understand how it is used, we use cookies for essential functionalities, analytics, and to embed content from third-party services.

What we use cookies for

  • Analytics: We use cookies to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. This includes data such as which pages are most popular, how long visitors stay on the site, and how they arrived. This information helps us improve our website and make our content more accessible. We do not collect any personally identifiable information.
  • Embedded Content: Our website does not use cookies for advertising or tracking your browsing activity across other sites. We only use them to provide richer content directly on our pages. Specifically, we embed:
    • Videos: We display videos hosted on YouTube and Vimeo. These services use cookies to allow the video player to function and to collect viewing analytics.
    • Social Media Posts: We feature posts from our BlueSky account. This service may use cookies to display the feed correctly.

These are third-party cookies managed by their respective platforms. The John Carter Brown Library does not control the data they collect. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of Google (for YouTube), Vimeo, and BlueSky for more information.