--- title: July Social Media Content for Libraries description: Humor, this day in history, and trivia libraries can use to engage their social media audience and expose valuable digital reference resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/fireworks-1.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) # July Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 7/6/18 9:27 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 July** Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/achebe\_chinua\_1930](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/achebe_chinua_1930) **3**** July** Which learning style suits you best? [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/learning\_styles](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/learning_styles) **4**** July** Happy 4th! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/declaration\_of\_independence](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/declaration_of_independence) **5 July** Happy Ice Cream Month! Ice cream in China dates to 1000BCE, and was probably introduced to Europe by Marco Polo [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ice\_cream](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ice_cream) **6**** July** Yellowstone National Park is a great vacation getaway, especially if you're looking to blow off some steam [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yellowstone\_national\_park](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yellowstone_national_park) ![fireworks-1](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/fireworks-1.jpg?width=400&name=fireworks-1.jpg) **9**** July** The Nazi's secret dispatches weren't such an "enigma" after British cryptographers cracked the code this day in 1941. Learn more about cryptography, the science of secret writing, here: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cryptography](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cryptography) **10**** July** Happy birthday, Alice Munro, a writer whose stories are short, but whose list of accolades is quite long: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/munro\_alice\_1931](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/munro_alice_1931) **11**** July** The famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr took place on this day in 1804 [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/hamilton\_alexander\_1755\_1804](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/hamilton_alexander_1755_1804) **12**** July** The aptly named sloth moves so slowly that algae actually blooms on it's fur. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/sloths](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/sloths) **13**** July** Research isn't always a day at the beach, but our TopicPages make it easier, freeing up time for you to get some sun [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/beach](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/beach)   ![starfish](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/starfish.jpg?width=400&name=starfish.jpg) **16**** July** Happy Fresh Spinach Day! Just don't forget your floss. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/spinach](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/spinach) **17**** July** The US was founded on distrust of monarchies, however made an allowance with the opening of the Magic Kingdom this day in 1955. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/disney\_walt\_er\_1901\_1966](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/disney_walt_er_1901_1966) **18**** July** Although lacking adamantium, the wolverine is a savvy hunter with considerable strength and resilience. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/wolverine](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/wolverine) **19**** July** Our ability to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs dates back to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon's troops this day in 1799: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/egyptian\_language](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/egyptian_language) **20**** July** Every giant leap of research begins with small steps like gathering background information on your topic. Learning about Neil Armstrong? Start with resources like this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/armstrong\_neil\_alden\_1930](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/armstrong_neil_alden_1930)   ![armstrong](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/armstrong.jpg?width=400&name=armstrong.jpg) **23**** July** Typography puns are justified in any case. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/typography](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/typography) **24**** July** At an elevation of 7,972 feet, and containing over 3,000 stairs, the ruins of Machu Picchu are among the most physically strenuous ancient monuments to explore. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/machu\_picchu](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/machu_picchu) **25**** July** Iced Tea was 1st introduced at the 1904 St Louis Worlds Fair, which led to a steep increase in popularity [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tea](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tea) **26**** July** The Continental Congress created the US Postal Service this day in 1775, scooping up Ben Franklin who'd recently been fired from the British equivalent for his revolutionary activities. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/postal\_service](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/postal_service) **27**** July** This day in 1974 the House passed the first article of impeachment against Richard Nixon. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/watergate\_affair](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/watergate_affair) ![sunflower](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/sunflower.jpg?width=400&name=sunflower.jpg) **30**** July** The first modern paperback books hit shelves this day in 1935, offering a way for people suffering from the Depression to read quality literature: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/book\_publishing](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/book_publishing) **31**** July** Happy birthday JK Rowling! 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