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 |
2 March |
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Oh the places you'll go, like, for example, this Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1amnuJ8 |
| Tuesday |
3 March |
"Compromise" is an apt word for what bringing another slave state into the union accomplished this day in 1820. http://bit.ly/1Fv4HVp |
| Wednesday |
4 March |
Martha Stewart's greatest makeover may have been her PR rejuvenation after her release from prison a decade ago http://bit.ly/18neWRJ |
| Thursday |
5 March |
If ever there was a family that needed the tuberculosis vaccine, it was the Brontes http://bit.ly/1DcjYYG |
| Friday |
6 March |
Bayer patented Aspirin 116 yrs ago today. Now Americans alone consume 80 billion Aspirin tablets annually! http://bit.ly/1vAqI5k |
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| Monday |
9 March |
"Spring Forward" is about the last thing we feel like doing after losing an hour of sleep... #daylightsavingtime http://bit.ly/1DXJA0R |
| Tuesday |
10 March |
Cultivating good research habits can be as easy as using quality sources, like this Gardening Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1AMmlD9 |
| Wednesday |
11 March |
Mary Shelley created a monster! #Frankenstein published this day in 1818. http://bit.ly/1u6kRRW |
| Thursday |
12 March |
Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac! http://bit.ly/1zJrqcI |
| Friday |
13 March |
Uranus discovered this day in 1781. Scientists predict adolescent giggling may last at least another 234 years. http://bit.ly/1BXdgKU |
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| Monday |
16 March |
Dancing With the Stars kicks off tonight! Get your dancing shoes on with this Dance Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1zg5iFG |
| Tuesday |
17 March |
Kiss this Topic Page, It's Irish http://bit.ly/17ZVwkF |
| Wednesday |
18 March |
If only James Naismith had know the insanity he would inflict upon us every year. It's madness!!! http://bit.ly/1vivIVE |
| Thursday |
19 March |
The League of Nations included superpowers and still couldn't live up to its comic-book-sounding name http://bit.ly/1vAs7ZD |
| Friday |
20 March |
Smile, it's International Happiness Day! http://bit.ly/1JOu9M6 |
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| Monday |
23 March |
This day in 1775 Patrick Henry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" http://bit.ly/1A8zDpO |
| Tuesday |
24 March |
This Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground this day in 1989, causing an oil spill that would cover 4,800 sq miles http://bit.ly/1MTdFRZ |
| Wednesday |
25 March |
US Customs seized Allen Ginsberg's Howl this day in 1955, thus ensuring the widest possible audience would read it http://bit.ly/1LFMh6m |
| Thursday |
26 March |
The fight against polio got a shot in the arm this day in 1953 when Jonas Salk announced the polio vaccine: http://bit.ly/1DclYjO |
| Friday |
27 March |
Learn more about Springfield's finest, Matt Groening: http://bit.ly/1FY3cmg |
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| Monday |
30 March |
Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire this day in 1867 for a cool $7.2 million. http://bit.ly/1AMojn3 |
| Tuesday |
31 March |
Happy Birthday Rene Descartes, who shaped geometry in ways still in use today. http://bit.ly/VPKicE |
Images:
Central horaire de la gare Saint Lazare 1937.jpg, Agence de presse Meurisse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_horaire_de_la_gare_Saint_Lazare_1937.jpg
3 leaf clover.jpg, By Juliane Collins (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_leaf_clover.jpg
Patrick henry.JPG, By George Bagby Matthews (1857 - 1943), after Thomas Sully (1783-1872) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_henry.JPG
Polarlicht 2.jpg, By United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polarlicht_2.jpg
