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 Sept | The Titanic took 73 yrs to find, but you're just a click away from discovering its Topic Page at your leisure http://credo.link/tpttc |
Friday | 2 Sept | The Iceman Cameth to Broadway #OTD 1946. Learn more about its creator, Eugene O’Neill http://credo.link/tpeon |
Monday | 5 Sept | Happy Labor Day! Celebrate the movement that gave the US its 5-day work week with a long weekend http://credo.link/tplab |
Tuesday | 6 Sept | Buckle up your hats! The Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, England this day in 1620 http://credo.link/tppil |
Wednesday | 7 Sept | The worlds first submarine attack took place this day in... 1776? Read more here: http://credo.link/tpsubs |
Thursday | 8 Sept | It's International Literacy Day -- spread the word! http://credo.link/tplit |
Friday | 9 Sept | No need to fill in any blanks; our Gestalt TopicPage will answer all your questions thoroughly! http://credo.link/tpges |
Monday | 12 Sept | The world's oldest underground art scene, the Lascaux cave paintings were discovered 76 yrs ago today http://credo.link/tplcf |
Tuesday | 13 Sept | Big, Friendly, Giant birthday wishes to Roald Dahl, born 100 years ago today! http://credo.link/tprod |
Wednesday | 14 Sept | We've combed through our scholarly resources to bring you the best Honey info for National Honey Month! http://credo.link/tphoy |
Thursday | 15 Sept | Happy Birthday to the woman who is by far the best-selling novelist of all time: Agatha Christie! http://credo.link/tpagc |
Friday | 16 Sept | It's Collect Rocks Day! For a slightly lighter collection, try this Topic Page: http://credo.link/tprock |
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Monday | 19 Sept | How do Cartesian Pirates know they exist?They think therefore they arrrrrrrrhttp://credo.link/tprdc |
Tuesday | 20 Sept | This day in 1633 the Inquisition tried Galileo for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun. http://credo.link/tpgal |
Wednesday | 21 Sept | Relying on any other source for info about Benedict Arnold would be treasonous http://credo.link/tpbna |
Thursday | 22 Sept | Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation this day in 1862, following the battle of Antietam http://credo.link/tproc |
Friday | 23 Sept | Nintendo was founded this day in 1889. Back then they just made playing cards http://credo.link/tpntd |
Monday | 26 Sept | "Hold on we're going home" This day 1580 Drake (Francis, not Drizzy) completed his circumnavigation of the globe. http://credo.link/tpsfd |
Tuesday | 27 Sept | A good writer is hard to find. Learn about one of the best with Flannery O'Connor's Topic Page: http://credo.link/tpfoc |
Wednesday | 28 Sept | More than a Tolkienesque wonderland, New Zealand was the 1st country to establish women's suffrage in 1893 http://credo.link/tpnzd |
Thursday | 29 Sept | Party at the windmill! Happy Birthday Miguel Cervantes, born this day in 1547 in http://credo.link/tpcer |
Friday | 30 Sept | Most people think pirates when they hear, "Penzance," but only a few 17th century pirate raids took place there http://credo.link/tpenz |
Images:
Titanic Wreck Bow, By Courtesy of NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island (NOAA/IFE/URI). (http://www.gc.noaa.gov/gcil_titanic.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titanic_wreck_bow.jpg
honey bee buckfast insect wings 292133, public domain, by PollyDot, Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/en/honey-bee-buckfast-insect-wings-292133/
pirate flag bones skull danger, public domain, by Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/en/pirate-flag-bones-skull-danger-47705/
Francis Drake by Henry Bone, Henry Bone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Drake_by_Henry_Bone.jpg