--- title: April Social Media Content for Libraries description: Trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor for libraries looking to engage social media followers and expose library resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/flowers.jpeg --- ![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) # April Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 3/30/18 11:54 AM [Customer Success](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/customer-success), [Social Media for Libraries](https://blog.credoreference.com/topic/social-media-for-libraries) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Looking to up your library's social media game? One of the best ways to engage followers to is to provide a consistent stream of fun/useful content. Understanding that libraries don't always have the time to generate all of the content they'd like, we're here to help!  Below you will find daily posts, all under Twitter’s 280-character limit, that you can copy/paste at your leisure, each linking to a Topic Page, which, for Credo Online Reference Services 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. **2 April** Happy International Children's Book Day! What was your favorite book as a kid? [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/children\_s\_literature](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/children_s_literature)  **3 April** The Pony Express was established this day in 1860, allowing small amounts of mail to travel the 2K miles between Missouri and California in a mere 8 days. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pony\_express](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pony_express)  **4 April** Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated 50 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king\_martin\_1929\_1968](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king_martin_1929_1968)  **5 April** April is National Poetry Month! Become well-versed in all things verse with this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poetry](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poetry)  **6 April** The US entered the first world war 101 years ago today. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/world\_war\_i](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/world_war_i)  ![PonyExpress](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PonyExpress.jpg?width=500&height=400&name=PonyExpress.jpg) **9 April** Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, ending the US Civil War on this day in 1865 [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/american\_civil\_war](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/american_civil_war)  **10 April** Did you know today is Encourage a Young Writer Day? Connect young writers with background info on their favorite authors and media with Topic Pages like this: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/novel](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/novel)  **11 April** Fretting over where to start your research? Try Topic Pages, like this one on guitars: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/guitar](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/guitar)  **12 April** Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary, who turns 102 today! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cleary\_beverly](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cleary_beverly)  **13 April** They might not be much to look at, but Black Holes are literally the most attractive thing in the universe: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/black\_hole](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/black_hole)    ![flowers](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flowers.jpeg?width=500&height=333&name=flowers.jpeg) **16 April** There's been a lot of talk lately about witch hunts. For a look at America's biggest witch hunt, this Topic Page on the Salem Witch Trials has some really interesting history: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/salem\_witch\_trials](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/salem_witch_trials)  **17 April** For a less taxing research experience, start your assignments by gathering background information from Topic Pages: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/taxation](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/taxation)  **18 April** Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott made their famous midnight ride warning of the approaching British troops on this day in 1775: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/revere\_paul\_1735\_1818](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/revere_paul_1735_1818)  **19 April** Learn more about the literally revolutionary battles of Lexington and Concord: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/battles\_of\_lexington\_and\_concord](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/battles_of_lexington_and_concord)  **20 April** Happy birthday fictional sleuths! The first detective story, Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, was published this day in 1841. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/detective\_fiction](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/detective_fiction)    ![statue-3074394_640](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/statue-3074394_640.jpg?width=500&height=375&name=statue-3074394_640.jpg) **23 April** Happy birthday to the Bard! William Shakespeare was born this day in 1564. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/shakespeare\_william\_1564\_1616](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/shakespeare_william_1564_1616)  **24 April** The Library of Congress was established this day in 1800! Then VP Thomas Jefferson was instrumental in its creation, later donating his own library to the collection. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/library\_of\_congress](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/library_of_congress)  **25 April** Happy World Penguin Day! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/penguin](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/penguin)  **26 April** Emily Dickinson published only a handful of poems in her lifetime, and only 70 years after her death was her work widely read: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/dickinson\_emily\_1830\_1886](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/dickinson_emily_1830_1886)  **27 April** Researching trees using print resources on Arbor Day is probably a little gauche—use this digital Topic Page instead: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tree](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tree)    ![United-states-territorial-acquistions-midcentury](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/United-states-territorial-acquistions-midcentury.png?width=500&height=334&name=United-states-territorial-acquistions-midcentury.png) **30 April** The US purchased the Louisiana Territory this day in 1803, doubling the size of the country for less than three cents an acre. 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