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 November | Talk about tricky satellite installation, the International Space Station opened 15 years ago today! http://credo.link/tpspc |
Tuesday | 3 November | Don't be afraid to visit this Elections Topic Page early and often: http://credo.link/tpelc |
Wednesday | 4 November | This day in 1842 Mary Todd made an honest man out of Honest Abe. Happy Anniversary! http://credo.link/tpal16 |
Thursday | 5 November | Australia's Honeyeaters have perfected the relationship between birds and bees. http://credo.link/tphny |
Friday | 6 November | Happy Birthday to the original Doctor J.! Dr. James Naismith was born this day in 1861 http://credo.link/tpbsk |
Monday | 9 November | Feel the bern with this Bernie Sanders Topic Page: http://credo.link/tpbern |
Tuesday | 10 November | John Montagu created the sandwich as a gambling aid, but there's no telling if he made any bread off its invention http://credo.link/tpbrd |
Wednesday | 11 November | Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all! http://credo.link/tpvets |
Thursday | 12 November | Learn about the big history behind Microcredit: http://credo.link/tpmcr |
Friday | 13 November | The man behind Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde and Long John Silver, Robert Louis Stevenson was born this day in 1850 http://credo.link/tprls |
Monday | 16 November | New England colonists got really into cranberries, and to this day MA supplies about 1/2 the US crop: http://credo.link/tpcrn |
Tuesday | 17 November | Explore the Appalachian Trail on this, National Take a Hike Day! http://credo.link/tpapt |
Wednesday | 18 November | Railroads developed time zones this day in 1883, standardizing our understanding of how late they were running http://credo.link/tptime |
Thursday | 19 November | Seven score and 12 years ago Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in US history, The Gettysburg Address http://credo.link/tpgba |
Friday | 20 November | District 12 may lack e-resources, but you can learn about the history of the bow & arrow with this Topic Page: http://credo.link/tpbaa |
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Monday | 23 November | This is literally the Rolls-Royce of Topic Pages: http://credo.link/tprra |
Tuesday | 24 November | This Darwin TopicPage is a natural selection for anyone celebrating the 156th anniv of The Origin of Species http://credo.link/tpchd |
Wednesday | 25 November | Modern Thanksgiving dates all the way back to...1939? Follow the evolution from Pilgrims to our current version: http://credo.link/tppil |
Thursday | 26 November | Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing all a feast of reliable sources in their upcoming end of the year research: http://credo.link/tpthk |
Friday | 27 November | Celebrate Bruce Lee's birthday by kicking it with this Martial Arts Topic Page: http://credo.link/tpmrl |
Monday | 30 November | Rumors of Mark Twain's birthday have not been exaggerated. The famous writer was born this day in 1835 http://credo.link/tpmkt |
Images:
STS-130 EVA3 Nicholas Patrick 1.jpg, By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-130_EVA3_Nicholas_Patrick_1.jpg
Shenandoah National Park SHEN9214.jpg, By National Park Service Digital Image Archives [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shenandoah_National_Park_SHEN9214.jpg
The First Thanksgiving Jean Louis Gerome Ferris.png, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.png
Mark Twain seated.jpg, By Written on bottom right of photo. Can anyone decipher? (chemungvalleymuseum.org) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Twain_seated.jpg