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.
| Tuesday | 1 December | This day in 1959 a dozen nations put a ban on packing heat on the world's coldest continent. #coldwar http://credo.link/tpcwr |
| Wednesday | 2 December | Learn about the man who could be the next hero or villain of the Star Wars franchise, director/co-writer JJ Abrams http://credo.link/tpjja |
| Thursday | 3 December | Cardio-historians are pumped to celebrate the anniversary of the first heart transplant this day in 1967. http://credo.link/tphrt |
| Friday | 4 December | Cheers! Prohibition ended this week in 1933 http://credo.link/tppro |
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| Monday | 7 December | Happy Hanukkah! Learn all about the Feast of Lights with this Topic Page: http://credo.link/tphan |
| Tuesday | 8 December | As you prepare to travel this season, try to forget that the inventers of the 1st airplane were highschool dropouts http://credo.link/tpwrb |
| Wednesday | 9 December | Did you know Reindeer are the only deer in which both sexes have antlers? http://credo.link/tprei |
| Thursday | 10 December | Human Rights Day! All are born equal w/o discrimination of race, color, sex, language, politics, or religion. http://credo.link/tpdhr |
| Friday | 11 December | Break out the marshmallows, tomorrow is National Cocoa Day! http://credo.link/tpcho |
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| Monday | 14 December | Don't be a nerf herder. Learn about Star Wars with quality sources like this Topic Page: http://credo.link/tpswf |
| Tuesday | 15 December | How many amendments from the Bill of Rights can you name off the top of your head? http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/http://credo.link/tpbor |
| Wednesday | 16 December | It is a truth universally acknowledged, that today is Jane Austen's birthday: http://credo.link/tpjau |
| Thursday | 17 December | Research smuggling with quality sources like this Topic Page before visiting any Mos Eisley Cantinas. http://credo.link/tpsmu |
| Friday | 18 December | Still haven't found those droids you're looking for? Better try this robotics Topic Page: http://credo.link/tprbt |
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| Monday | 21 December | An unlikely partnership in the war on drugs was forged this day in 1970 when Elvis met Nixon http://credo.link/tpwod |
| Tuesday | 22 December | Of course the thermometer was invented on the 1st day of winter. Fahrenheit's famous instrument turns 301 today. http://credo.link/tpthm |
| Wednesday | 23 December | St. Nicholas is the patron saint of archers, which might explain all that Katniss merch in stockings this year http://credo.link/tpbaa |
| Thursday | 24 December | Happy BDay to teen-love-geometrist Stephanie Meyer http://credo.link/tpvam |
| Friday | 25 December | Don't be a Scrooge, share this Christmas Topic Page with your friends! http://credo.link/tpxms |
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| Monday | 28 December | Westminster Abbey, site of more regal crownings than the royal dentist's office, was consecrated this day, 1065 http://credo.link/tpwab |
| Tuesday | 29 December | Don't mess with Texas, but feel free to poke around this TopicPage for info on the Lone Star State's 160th birthday http://credo.link/tptx |
| Wednesday | 30 December | A notorious man who was notoriously hard to murder, Grigori Rasputin was poisoned shot and drowned this day, 1916 http://credo.link/tpgrr |
| Thursday | 31 December | This day, 1879 Edison demoed his bright idea: incandescent lighting. Illuminate your research on lighting here http://credo.link/tpltg |
Images:
Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the prohibition era - NARA - 541928.jpg, By Unknown or not provided (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detroit_police_inspecting_equipment_found_in_a_clandestine_underground_brewery_during_the_prohibition_era_-_NARA_-_541928.jpg
HOT CHOCOLATE, DRINK, KAFFEEKAENNCHEN, CUP, CREAM, http://www.pd4pic.com/hot-chocolate-drink-kaffeekaennchen-cup-cream-1.html
Star Wars The Force Awakens.jpg, By User:Wiki Erudito [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens.jpg
CHRISTMAS, ATMOSPHERE, SANTA CLAUS, ADVENT, http://www.pd4pic.com/-christmas-atmosphere-santa-claus-advent.html
