We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!
Below you will find daily posts, all under Twitter’s 140 character limit (good for Facebook too), that you can copy/paste at your leisure, each linking to a Topic Page, which, for Credo Online Reference Services or Literati subscribers can be a gateway to all kinds of e-resources.
This content is free for the taking, no character-eating attribution to us necessary!
PS: The images below are all in the public domain, with attributions at the bottom of the page.
Day |
Date |
Post |
Friday |
1 August |
Life's a rind; enjoy National Watermelon Day tomorrow! http://bit.ly/1tYo4Rs |
A WWI US Navy Recruiting Poster | ||
Monday |
4 August |
The only thing more prolific than Friedrich Engels' writing was his mustache. http://bit.ly/1nGfdDw |
Tuesday |
5 August |
If you dig using high-quality sources learn about #WWI, this Trench Warfare Topic Page is for you: http://bit.ly/1nSA0ET |
Wednesday |
6 August |
At 18 years old today, 'Game of Thrones' is pretty much outliving the avg life expectancy in Westeros. http://bit.ly/Xcx6zF |
Thursday |
7 August |
The study of ballistics involves more projectiles than a 1st grade classroom with a substitute teacher http://bit.ly/1tqmGJV |
Friday |
8 August |
Excited for the new TMNT movie tonight but need info on their non-mutant turtle cousins? Try this Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1oIOnef |
Austro-Hungarian Forces v. Russian Cavalry | ||
Monday |
11 August |
Happy National Goat Cheese Month! #nokidding http://bit.ly/WMxCEL |
Tuesday |
12 August |
Struggling to keep your head above water in a sea of information? You need Credo's Submarine TopicPage: http://bit.ly/1nGg9HW |
Wednesday |
13 August |
What learning style best suits you? Learn about learning styles with this Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1nSAhrw |
Thursday |
14 August |
Pop Quiz! What office were Lincoln and Douglas running for during their famous debates? http://bit.ly/1ppsVKi |
Friday |
15 August |
Shipping shortcut and palindrome inspiration, the Panama Canal, celebrates its 100th birthday today! http://bit.ly/1klJ70d |
Teddy Roosevelt at the Panama Canal | ||
Monday |
18 August |
The people of Roanoke Colony were many things, but detailed-message-leavers, they were not: http://bit.ly/1lbDQ6m |
Tuesday |
19 August |
This day in 480 BCE a small group of Spartans made a giant stand at Thermopylae http://bit.ly/1qjRwPy #300 |
Wednesday |
20 August |
Back to School Checklist: -#2 Pencil -College-ruled Paper -Lunch Box -Credo Topic Pages: http://bit.ly/1nGgZ7I |
Thursday |
21 August |
Party in the 100-Acre Wood! Christopher Robin celebrates a bday today (and yes, there was a real Christopher Robin): http://bit.ly/1oacCNi |
Friday |
22 August |
History's most screenplay ready dynasty began this day in 1485 with a Tudor victory at Bosworth Field http://bit.ly/1k6ka8M |
Puppy! | ||
Monday |
25 August |
Want to study sin without relocating to Sin City? This Topic Page is anything but an abomination: http://bit.ly/UJMl17 |
Tuesday |
26 August |
Wishing everyone a tail-waggingly good National Dog Day! http://bit.ly/UAwcvd |
Wednesday |
27 August |
This day in 1883 Krakatoa went off like Alec Baldwin on a paparazzo, sending debris 17 miles into the air http://bit.ly/1s2Sge0 |
Thursday |
28 August |
The only thing the tabloids love more than a royal wedding is a royal divorce. Charles & Diana split this day, 1996 http://bit.ly/XczqGX |
Friday |
29 August |
If you're not celebrating Ingrid Bergman's BDay by reading her Topic Page, you'll regret it. Maybe not today... http://bit.ly/1lbF8hI |
Images:
Dontreadhistorymakeit.jpg By James Montgomery Flagg. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FlaggDontReadHistoryMakeIt.jpg
An engagement in Hungary between an Austro-Hungarian force and Russian cavalry.jpg, By various (The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_engagement_in_Hungary_between_an_Austro-Hungarian_force_and_Russian_cavalry.jpg
Roosevelt and the Canal.JPG, By Not given [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_and_the_Canal.JPG
Puggle puppy.jpg, By Jennagu (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puggle_puppy.jpg?fastcci_from=551818