--- title: August Social Media Content for Libraries description: Trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor for libraries looking to use social media to drive usage toward digital resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/summer%20glasses.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) # August Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Credo](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/credoreference) on 7/31/17 11:44 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) 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 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. 1 August Video killed the radio star as MTV debuted this day in 1981. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/television](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/television)  2 August Did you know August is National Water Quality Month? Learn more about water pollution here: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/water\_pollution](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/water_pollution) 3 August Columbus set sail on his failed voyage to India, this day 1492. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/columbus\_christopher\_1451\_1506](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/columbus_christopher_1451_1506) 4 August Happy birthday, Barack Obama! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/obama\_barack\_1961](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/obama_barack_1961) ![summer glasses.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/summer%20glasses.jpg?width=400&height=267&name=summer%20glasses.jpg) 7 August Celebrate national sea serpent day with this Leviathan Topic Page: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/leviathan](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/leviathan) 8 August Happy birthday to the Dollar, created this day 1786! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/money](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/money) 9 August Happy Book Lover's Day! Before you settle in with your favorite tome, read up on the history of books here: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/book](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/book) 10 August August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Vaccinate yourself against dubious resources with this Topic Page: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/immunization](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/immunization) 11 August Roots author Alex Haley was born this day in 1921! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/haley\_alex\_1921\_1990](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/haley_alex_1921_1990) ![summer swim.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/summer%20swim.jpg?width=400&height=267&name=summer%20swim.jpg) 14 August We're not kidding when we tell you it's National Goat Cheese Month [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/goat](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/goat) 15 August Stressed out because you aren't sure how to celebrate National Relaxation Day? Try this Topic Page on Meditation: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meditation](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meditation) 16 August It was hard work patenting the 1st roller coaster in 1898, but it's been all downhill since. And uphill, and down... [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/amusement\_park](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/amusement_park) 17 August Happy National Thrift Shop Day! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/salvation\_army](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/salvation_army) 18 August It might be Bad Poetry Day, but you can still research the masters here: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poetry](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poetry) ![Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg?width=250&name=Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg) 21 August Happy Eclipse Day! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/eclipse](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/eclipse) 22 August Happy birthday author Annie Prouxl! Did you know she didn't publish her first book until she was in her 50's? [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/proulx\_e\_dna\_annie](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/proulx_e_dna_annie) 23 August In 1784, the independent nation of Franklin formed to the west of North Carolina. Read about its leader John Sevier: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/sevier\_john\_1745\_1815](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/sevier_john_1745_1815) 24 August It's National Peach Pie Day! Use this Topic Page if your memory of where the peach originated is a little fuzzy: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/peach](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/peach) 25 August Wish starting a research project was as easy as waving a magic wand? Try Topic Pages like this one on magic: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/magic](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/magic) ![Anthony_and_Cleopatra,_by_Andrea_Casali,_Rome,_late_1720s,_oil_on_canvas_-_Blanton_Museum_of_Art_-_Austin,_Texas_-_DSC07995.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/Anthony_and_Cleopatra%2c_by_Andrea_Casali%2c_Rome%2c_late_1720s%2c_oil_on_canvas_-_Blanton_Museum_of_Art_-_Austin%2c_Texas_-_DSC07995.jpg) 28 August Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech, this day 1963 [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king\_martin\_1929\_1968](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king_martin_1929_1968) 29 August Michael Jackson would have celebrated his 59th birthday today. Learn more about the King of Pop: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/jackson\_michael\_1958](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/jackson_michael_1958) 30 August Marc Anthony is said to have committed suicide this day 30BCE upon hearing #FakeNews that Cleopatra had died. [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/antony](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/antony) 31 August Stressing out looking for anatomy sources? 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