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.
| Wednesday |
1 April |
Information Literacy skills can help keep you from acting a fool, today or any other day! Learn how here: bit.ly/1FGNvxj |
| Thursday |
2 April |
Ponce De Leon discovered Florida this day in 1513, just in time for Spring Break http://bit.ly/1HYUiGj |
| Friday |
3 April |
This day in 1882 Jesse James was killed by one of his own gang. Read more about this iconic outlaw: http://bit.ly/1IL7zzC |
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| Monday |
6 April |
The anniv of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is a good time to read up on our Artificial Intelligence Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1Cr06n5 |
| Tuesday |
7 April |
This day in 1770 the aptly named poet William Wordsworth was born http://bit.ly/1OStk4Y |
| Wednesday |
8 April |
What to get for the deity who asks for nothing? Happy Birthday Buddha! http://bit.ly/1BZ8M0k |
| Thursday |
9 April |
This day 1859 Mark Twain received his steamboat pilot’s license! Learn more about this mode of travel here: http://bit.ly/19teQYB |
| Friday |
10 April |
With the new season of Game of Thrones starting, have you seen our Dragons Topic Page? http://bit.ly/1FbCiVv |
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| Monday |
13 April |
Houston, they had a problem. Today marks the 45th anniversary of things getting real on Apollo 13: http://bit.ly/1EtNfUJ |
| Tuesday |
14 April |
International steamship and cautionary tale, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg this day in 1912 http://bit.ly/1HgyySK |
| Wednesday |
15 April |
"Learning never exhausts the mind." Da Vinci was born in Florence this day in 1452 http://bit.ly/1acyaKy |
| Thursday |
16 April |
A strange trip began this day in 1943 for Albert Hoffman when he accidentally ingested his new creation, LSD: http://bit.ly/1EtNJu8 |
| Friday |
17 April |
Cultivate your knowledge of gardening during National Lawn and Garden Month: http://bit.ly/1AMmlD9 |
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| Monday |
20 April |
This day in 1841 Edgar Allen Poe invented the modern detective novel with 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' http://bit.ly/1IgqktQ |
| Tuesday |
21 April |
Rome may not have been built in a day, but legend says it was founded on _this_ day in 753 BCE: http://bit.ly/1EWXADH |
| Wednesday |
22 April |
Happy Earth Day!!! Share this paperless TopicPage with your friends! http://bit.ly/1vP5CwZ |
| Thursday |
23 April |
Happy Birthday to the Bard! William Shakespeare was born this day in 1564: http://bit.ly/1wMDv3I |
| Friday |
24 April |
N is for Novelist. Happy Birthday Sue Grafton! http://bit.ly/19CXGrd |
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| Monday |
27 April |
Freedom Day is celebrated in South Africa today to commemorate 1st post-apartheid elections held in 1994 http://bit.ly/1bLkqHg |
| Tuesday |
28 April |
Our Cumulus TopicPage is partly cloudy with a 100% chance of Information Literacy http://bit.ly/1BKQGAi |
| Wednesday |
29 April |
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin http://bit.ly/1xuquNY |
| Thursday |
30 April |
This French river might just be what keeps Parisians Seine http://bit.ly/1yuieZv |
Images:
SingleStackAgiersFerryCard, By Not credited (Early 20th century postcard via nutrias.org at [1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SingleStackAgiersFerryCard.jpg
Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control.jpg, By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_Mailbox_at_Mission_Control.jpg
North America from low orbiting satellite Suomi NPP.jpg, By NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring (- Blue Marble 2012) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_America_from_low_orbiting_satellite_Suomi_NPP.jpg
Shakespeare.jpg, By It may be by a painter called John Taylor who was an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company.[1] (Official gallery link) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shakespeare.jpg
