--- title: March Social Media Content for Libraries description: Trivia, this day in history, and humorous social media content for libraries to use for free to engage followers and expose digital reference resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/crocus.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) # March Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 3/1/18 9:25 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) 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 March March is Women's History Month! Read more about the fight for equal rights here: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/woman\_suffrage](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/woman_suffrage)  2 March Happy National Reading Day! This Topic Page explores the cognitive process through which reading occurs: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reading](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reading) ![crocus.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/crocus.jpg?width=400&height=266&name=crocus.jpg) 5 March On this day in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/churchill\_winston\_1874\_1965](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/churchill_winston_1874_1965)  6 March Happy birthday to a true Renaissance man! Michelangelo was born in Caprese, Tuscany this day 1475. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/buonarroti\_michelangelo\_1475\_1564](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/buonarroti_michelangelo_1475_1564)  7 March The telephone turns 142 today! Bell patented his most famous invention in 1876, then spent years defending it in court. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/telephone](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/telephone)  8 March Oligarchy is a common word in the news today, but what does it mean? This Topic Page gives an overview of oligarchy throughout history: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oligarchy](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oligarchy)  9 March Amerigo Vespucci, the only man with two continents named after him was born this day, 1545. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/vespucci\_amerigo\_1451\_1512](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/vespucci_amerigo_1451_1512)  ![pi-1453836_640.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/pi-1453836_640.jpg?width=400&height=266&name=pi-1453836_640.jpg) 12 March Happy birthday, Jack Kerouac, born this day in 1922! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kerouac\_jack\_1922\_1969](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kerouac_jack_1922_1969)  13 March Don't let your research into basketball devolve into madness; start by gathering scholarly background info from credible sources like this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/basketball](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/basketball)  14 March Happy Pi Day! While its exact value cannot be computed, we can now calculate it to some 2.6 trillion digits. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pi](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pi)  15 March Beware the Ides of March! Julius Caesar was assassinated this day in 44 BCE. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/caesar\_gaius\_100bce\_44bce](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/caesar_gaius_100bce_44bce)  16 March A staple of American literature, The Scarlet Letter was published 168 years ago today. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/scarlet\_letter](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/scarlet_letter)  ![caesar.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/caesar.jpg?width=400&height=300&name=caesar.jpg) 19 March 15 years ago today, the US invaded Iraq. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iraq\_war](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iraq_war)  20 March Happy Alien Abduction Day! We're not sure why this holiday exists, but it's a great excuse to read up on scientific efforts to contact extra-terrestrial life: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/search\_for\_extraterrestrial\_intelligence](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence)  21 March This ballet Topic Page is en pointe. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ballet](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ballet)  22 March Anime has its roots in, but is very different from, American animation. Learn more about the history of Japan's signature cartoon movies: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/anime](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/anime)  23 March Following the debates and protests over gun laws in America? This Topic Page helps to cut through the talking points and get to the facts behind this controversial issue. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/gun\_control](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/gun_control)  ![easter-3123834_640.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/easter-3123834_640.jpg?width=400&height=319&name=easter-3123834_640.jpg) 26 March Happy birthday, Robert Frost! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/frost\_robert\_1874\_1963](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/frost_robert_1874_1963)  27 March As if macroeconomics weren't complicated enough, the rise of cryptocurrencies is adding new layers to everything from criminal justice to investing. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/bitcoin](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/bitcoin)  28 March Have you ever considered writing a research paper about writing? The practice originated independently in several civilizations, starting about 8,000 years ago. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/writing](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/writing)  29 March The opioid crisis has become more prominent in the news as approximately 42K Americans now die annually from opioid overdoses. Learn how it began and what's being done: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/opioid\_abuse](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/opioid_abuse)  30 March Did you know that in Ethiopia, Easter is called Fasika and is welcomed in the capital city of Addis Ababa at dawn with a 21-gun salute? 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