--- title: January Social Media Content for Libraries description: Trivia, humor, and this-day-in-history for libraries to engage their social media followers and expose their valuable resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/Dore_Raven.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 1/1/18 4:14 PM [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) Is leveling up your library's social media game one of your New Year's resolutions? 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. **1 January** This Topic Page on social cognitive theory has some insights into the kinds of goal-setting behavior common in New Year's resolutions: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/social\_cognitive\_theory](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/social_cognitive_theory)  **2 January** Learn more about quality of life, and improve the quality of your research, by starting with Topic Pages like this: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/quality\_of\_life](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/quality_of_life)  **3 January** Happy twelvity-sixth birthday to JRR Tolkien! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien\_j\_ohn\_r\_onald\_r\_euel\_1892\_1973](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien_j_ohn_r_onald_r_euel_1892_1973)  **4 January** Fueling your brain with scholarly sources like those found in Credo makes you unstoppable on days like today, National Trivia Day! [https://search.credoreference.com/](https://search.credoreference.com/)  **5 January** Wyoming's Nellie Ross, the 1st female governor in the US, was inaugurated on this day in 1925. Learn more about "The Equality State": [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/wyoming](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/wyoming)    ![2018purple.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/2018purple.jpg?width=500&height=333&name=2018purple.jpg) **8 January** A lot of people these days are talking about oral histories. Learn more about what they are, and how they fit into larger conversations about historical records. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oral\_history](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oral_history)  **9 January** The first iPhone debuted 11 yrs ago today, revolutionizing pocket technology for the following decade! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iphone\_smartphone](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iphone_smartphone)   **10 January** The phrase, Crossing the Rubicon, meaning to take a step that commits one to an irrevocable path, comes from Julius Caesar's crossing the boundary into Italy this day in 49 BCE and launching the Roman Civil War. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/caesar\_gaius\_100bce\_44bce](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/caesar_gaius_100bce_44bce)  **11 January** One of baseball's most contentious rules, the American League's designated hitter, was adopted 45 years ago today. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/major\_league\_baseball](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/major_league_baseball)  **12 January** Amelia Earhart became the 1st pilot to fly solo from Hawaii to California this day in 1935. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/earhart\_amelia\_1897\_1937](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/earhart_amelia_1897_1937)    ![Amelia_Earhart_(16571444402).jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/Amelia_Earhart_(16571444402).jpg?width=500&height=396&name=Amelia_Earhart_(16571444402).jpg) **15 January** Today marks the rare overlap between Martin Luther King Jr's actual birthday and his observed holiday! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king\_martin\_1929\_1968](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king_martin_1929_1968)  **16 January** The first czar of Russia was a terrible one. Ivan the Terrible, that is. He adopted the title this day in 1547. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ivan\_iv](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ivan_iv)  **17 January** Happy birthday, Benjamin Franklin, born #OTD 1706! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/franklin\_benjamin\_1706\_1790](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/franklin_benjamin_1706_1790)  **18 January** This Topic Page on health economics is a great place to start researching many of the issues in today's healthcare debate: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/health\_economics](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/health_economics)  **19 January** It's National Popcorn Day! For some kernels of wisdom about this popular food, visit its Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/corn](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/corn)    ![winter.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/winter.jpg?width=500&height=375&name=winter.jpg) **22 January** This brief history of the glove is something you'll definitely want to get your hands on! [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/glove](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/glove)   **23 January** Celebrate National Handwriting Day with this calligraphy Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/calligraphy](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/calligraphy)  **24 January** Conducting background research can help you map out your assignment and make your research process more efficient. Topic Pages can get you pointed in the right direction: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/map](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/map)  **25 January** It's Opposite Day! Read up on Yin-yang, the opposite (but interconnected) foundation in Eastern metaphysics: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yin\_and\_yang](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yin_and_yang)  **26 January** This day in 1950 India became a republic, making it the world's most populous democracy. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/india](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/india)    ![Dore_Raven.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/Dore_Raven.jpg?width=326&height=500&name=Dore_Raven.jpg) **29 January** One journal (run by Edgar Allen Poe's friend!) rejected "The Raven" before the New York Evening Mirror published it this day in 1845. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poe\_edgar\_allan\_1809\_1849](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poe_edgar_allan_1809_1849)  **30 January** Need some scholarly sustenance to fuel your Nutrition research? Try Topic Pages like this: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/nutrition](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/nutrition)  **31 January** This day in 1990 the golden arches appeared in the Soviet Union as the 1st McDonalds opened in Moscow: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/fast\_food](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/fast_food) [![CharlestonAdvisor CORS Review Blog CTA.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/CTA%20Images/CharlestonAdvisor%20CORS%20Review%20Blog%20CTA.jpg?width=730&height=255&name=CharlestonAdvisor%20CORS%20Review%20Blog%20CTA.jpg)](https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Collateral/Reference/The%20Charleston%20Advisor%20-%20CORS%20Review.pdf) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ## Follow us and like us! ### [![Follow by Email](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_email.png?width=44&name=flat_email.png "Follow by Email")](http://www.specificfeeds.com/widgets/emailSubscribeEncFeed/VzVRak5yeThnRTgrY1lseUtIRlZmQVI1WkNDbGdldkxBWndST1RBYk9oMEcwS1lraFNVZHVKTkc3cDNndjBQN1p5KzdUTDVXL3VtdGRyUVdRb0tRVEFDZlR4djI5YUxPQUZ0aXU1WnR0Wi9XMmh2bkhvYWtzK2h5aXUvdzhXV0R8dHJCdklmdEIwM2dzaytjY1B1UTVIak9RYzIrZjI2a1NhTW1CbWE0a0hNMD0=/OA==/) [![Facebook](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_facebook.png?width=44&name=flat_facebook.png "Facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/credoreference) [![Twitter](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_twitter.png?width=44&name=flat_twitter.png "Twitter")](https://twitter.com/credoreference) [![LinkedIn](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/flat_linkedin.png?width=44&name=flat_linkedin.png "LinkedIn")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/826388)  [Tweets by credoreference](https://twitter.com/credoreference) ### Recent Posts