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.
| Thursday |
1 January |
Happy birthday to the only historical figure immortalized by both Longfellow and The Beastie Boys #paulrevere http://bit.ly/1wXwQmR |
| Friday |
2 January |
Georgia = peaches, right? But did you know it's also the leading US producer of peanuts? http://bit.ly/13OHLn6 |
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| Monday |
5 January |
Even with basil's meteoric rise as the world's most popular herb, it remains loyal best friends with the tomato. http://bit.ly/1tukdA7 |
| Tuesday |
6 January |
Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes! http://bit.ly/1zMRIiC |
| Wednesday |
7 January |
Happy BDay, Zora Neale Hurston! Read up on this amazing novelist & central figure to the Harlem Renaissance: http://bit.ly/1A4Pn05 |
| Thursday |
8 January |
This brief history of the glove is something you'll definitely want to get your hands on! http://bit.ly/1HVWXvN |
| Friday |
9 January |
iPhones debuted this day in 2007 simultaneously innovating mobile tech & destroying the future of eye contact http://bit.ly/1zro7Gu |
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| Monday |
12 January |
It's National Blood Donor Month! Clear up any transfusion confusion with this Topic Page: http://bit.ly/13OI5Cg |
| Tuesday |
13 January |
When the pressure is on to find good sources on meteorological instruments, check Credo’s Barometer Topic Page http://bit.ly/148YthW |
| Wednesday |
14 January |
In a rare Venn Diagram overlap of Vermont and Texas, both were independent republics before joining the US: http://bit.ly/13OIbde |
| Thursday |
15 January |
Happy (actual) Birthday #MLK! http://bit.ly/1EBzvaX |
| Friday |
16 January |
After spirited debate, prohibition went into effect in the US this day in 1920 http://bit.ly/1uXvceU |
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| Monday |
19 January |
"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe! http://bit.ly/1xtVNIm |
| Tuesday |
20 January |
Using Credo to look up strongly scented shrubby perennials native to Europe & Asia Minor? How very sage of you http://bit.ly/1A4QdKt |
| Wednesday |
21 January |
Did you know the term "Nerd" possibly originates from a Dr Seuss book? http://bit.ly/1vmHle1 |
| Thursday |
22 January |
Weaving through random sources with a deadline looming over your head? Try Topic Pages like this one on looms: http://bit.ly/1vCS317 |
| Friday |
23 January |
National Hot Tea Month is a celebration steeped in a history of deliciousness. http://bit.ly/1CPLv6L |
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| Monday |
26 January |
Never one for metaphor, Theseus preferred literally taking the bull by the horns http://bit.ly/1vmHxtK |
| Tuesday |
27 January |
Narcissus had to work pretty hard to be known for vanity among the company of the Greek pantheon. http://bit.ly/1JXJkjw |
| Wednesday |
28 January |
Want to learn about Gustav Klimt's early years without having to fly all the way to Vienna? http://bit.ly/1JXJl7a |
| Thursday |
29 January |
America's identity has long included bacon. One of our first uprisings, in 1676, was called Bacon's Rebellion. http://bit.ly/1zMStbB |
| Friday |
30 January |
Prepare for the most Super of Bowls this Sunday with Credo’s Football Topic Page: http://bit.ly/1rv8Zdh |
Images:
Paul Revere, by Gilbert Stuart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PaulRevereByGilbertStuart.jpeg
Bees pollenating basil, By Jon Sullivan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bees_pollenating_basil.jpg
1-19-Martin-Luther-King-ftrj, By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-19-Martin-Luther-King-ftr.jpg
Tile Design - Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth, Edward Burne-Jones [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Tile_Design_-_Theseus_and_the_Minotaur_in_the_Labyrinth_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
