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.
Monday |
3 November |
Do you know the plural of Octopus? Hint: It isn't "Octopi" http://bit.ly/1zLClYC |
Tuesday |
4 November |
An unspoken rule among presidential historians prohibits discussing James Polk without using the phrase, Dark Horse http://bit.ly/1vivtKo |
Wednesday |
5 November |
Snakes' ability to adapt to life without arms or legs is essentially limb-itless http://bit.ly/104ae6h |
Thursday |
6 November |
Happy Birthday to the original Doctor J.! Dr. James Naismith was born this day in 1861 http://bit.ly/1vivIVE |
Friday |
7 November |
The always radiant Marie Cure was born this day in 1867: http://bit.ly/1tPVHbJ |
Monday |
10 November |
You won't have to search as far as Henry Stanley did in your quest to find info on Dr. Livingstone. http://bit.ly/1wdY33I |
Tuesday |
11 November |
Wishing a peaceful Veterans/ Remembrance Day to all! http://bit.ly/1wGtgdR |
Wednesday |
12 November |
Contrary to what Todd Rundgren might have you believe, work and love of drums are not mutually exclusive: http://bit.ly/1wFI1P9 |
Thursday |
13 November |
Some art is about tearing down walls; some is about ironically spray painting them: http://bit.ly/1rTLvsT |
Friday |
14 November |
Looking to spark up a conversation about neolithic tools? Try our Flint TopicPage http://bit.ly/101IFLa |
Monday |
17 November |
Venn Diagram of engineering feats & awesome shortcuts overlaps 145 yrs ago today with opening of the Suez Canal http://bit.ly/1tPWmKc |
Tuesday |
18 November |
Railroads developed time zones this day in 1883, standardizing our understanding of how late they were running http://bit.ly/1viwx0H |
Wednesday |
19 November |
GettysburgAddress was so concise that punctuated & unabbreviated, it still would have fit in 10 tweets http://bit.ly/1wHc6P3 |
Thursday |
20 November |
Will Mockingjay get 2 thumbs up, or Katniss's 3-finger salute? Info on all things symbolic in this TopicPage: http://bit.ly/1FXa5Tk |
Friday |
21 November |
Rocky premiered this day in 1976, tapping into America's love of boxing and montages http://bit.ly/1yIBi7q |
Monday |
24 November |
This Darwin TopicPage is a natural selection for anyone celebrating the 155th anniv of The Origin of Species http://bit.ly/104b7Me |
Tuesday |
25 November |
Edison announced his phonograph 134 years ago, but what people listened to before 'Let It Go,' we're not sure http://bit.ly/1nRKB3Q |
Wednesday |
26 November |
What tofurkey lacks in tradition, it makes up for in carvability. http://bit.ly/101JpzT |
Thursday |
27 November |
Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing all a feast of reliable sources in their upcoming end of the year research: http://bit.ly/1xEyC9G |
Friday |
28 November |
History's 2nd-most-famous Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare this day in 1582 http://bit.ly/1wMDv3I |
Images:
Marie Skłodowska Curie, half-length portrait, seated, facing right. (1890-1934). [Marie Skłodowska Curie, half-length portrait, seated, facing right] [jpeg]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Thanksgiving 1861 croped, By Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist. (Library of Congress) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_1861_croped.jpg?fastcci_from=227218
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (18 January, 2011). Cranberries Approved [jpeg]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/