--- title: January Social Media Content for Libraries description: January Social Media Content for Libraries image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Isaac_Newton_English_School_1715-20-247x300.jpg --- ![credoreference](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Reference/Reference%20Logos/Credo%20Logos/Credo_Landingpage_header-Blog.jpg "credoreference")   - [Credo in Action](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/credo-in-action) - [First Year Experience](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/first-year-experience) - [Il Learning Community](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/information-literacy) - [Affordable Learning Solutions](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/affordable-learning-solutions) # January Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 12/30/16 8:47 AM [Customer Success](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/customer-success), [Social Media](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/social-media), [Uncategorized](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/uncategorized) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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. \*\*\* [![isaac_newton_english_school_1715-20](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Isaac_Newton_English_School_1715-20-247x300.jpg?width=247&height=300&name=Isaac_Newton_English_School_1715-20-247x300.jpg)](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Isaac_Newton_English_School_1715-20.jpg)2 January It was a peachy day in US history when Georgia was the 1st southern state to ratify the Constitution this day 1788 [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/georgia\_state](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/georgia_state) 3 January Party at Bag End! JRR Tolkien was born this day in 1892. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien\_j\_ohn\_r\_onald\_r\_euel\_1892\_1973](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien_j_ohn_r_onald_r_euel_1892_1973) 4 January Isaac Newton always knew how to celebrate a birthday with the appropriate amount of gravity: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton\_isaac\_1642\_1727](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton_isaac_1642_1727) 5 January Studying Alternative Medicine on the open web can be hazardous to your research health. Use Topic Pages instead: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/alternative\_medicine](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/alternative_medicine) 6 January Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/holmes\_sherlock\_fictitious\_character](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/holmes_sherlock_fictitious_character)   9 January The first iPhone debuted 10 yrs ago today! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iphone\_smartphone](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iphone_smartphone) 10 January January is National Blood Donor month so avoid any transfusion confusion with Topic Pages like this: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/blood\_transfusion](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/blood_transfusion) 11 January 99 years ago today, Teddy Roosevelt made America's grandest canyon a national monument: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/grand\_canyon](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/grand_canyon) 12 January Happy Birthday Jack London! By his death at age 40, London had 200 short stories, 20 novels, 3 plays and more. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/london\_jack\_1876\_1916](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/london_jack_1876_1916) 13 January Topic Pages like this on Newton's Laws can move research forward when procrastination renders you a body at rest [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton\_s\_laws\_of\_motion](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton_s_laws_of_motion) [![1024px-martin_luther_king_jr_nywts_6](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1024px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_6.jpg?width=400&height=333&name=1024px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_6.jpg)](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1024px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_6.jpg) 16 January Learn more about the inspiring life of MLK: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king\_martin\_1929\_1968](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king_martin_1929_1968) 17 January Happy birthday to the most electric of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/franklin\_benjamin\_1706\_1790](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/franklin_benjamin_1706_1790) 18 January Finding good resources is never a bother with Topic Pages like this one on Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/milne\_a\_lan\_a\_lexander\_1882\_1956](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/milne_a_lan_a_lexander_1882_1956) 19 January Edgar Allan Poe was born 208 years ago today! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poe\_edgar\_allan\_1809\_1849](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poe_edgar_allan_1809_1849) 20 January Donald Trump moves from gold tower to White House today. He will be inaugurated as the 45th US President. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/trump\_donald\_john\_1946](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/trump_donald_john_1946) [![edgar_allan_poe_by_vallotton](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Edgar_Allan_Poe_by_Vallotton-e1483035508218.jpg?width=400&height=280&name=Edgar_Allan_Poe_by_Vallotton-e1483035508218.jpg)](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Edgar_Allan_Poe_by_Vallotton-e1483035508218.jpg) 23 January Celebrate National Handwriting Day with this Topic Page on Calligraphy! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/calligraphy](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/calligraphy) 24 January Be mindful of the sources you use for research. Topic Pages like this on Meditation can set you on the right path: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meditation](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meditation) 25 January Celebrate National Opposite Day with this Yin-Yang Topic Page: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yin\_and\_yang](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yin_and_yang) 26 January Happy Australia Day! Today marks the 229th anniv of the 1st Fleet in New South Wales. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/australia](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/australia) 27 January Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! This will be the year of the Rooster. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chinese\_new\_year](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chinese_new_year) [![lantern-1168355_640](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lantern-1168355_640-e1483035753496.jpg?width=400&height=300&name=lantern-1168355_640-e1483035753496.jpg)](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lantern-1168355_640-e1483035753496.jpg) 30 January Even complex subjects like Physics don't have to feel like rocket science. Start your research with Topic Pages: http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/physics 31 January Happy birthday Jackie Robinson! 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