--- title: Social Media Content for Libraries description: 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! image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/christmas.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) # Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 12/3/18 9:50 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. **3 December** Happy birthday to author Joseph Conrad! Conrad wrote all of his novels in English, despite not learning the language until he was 17. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/conrad\_joseph\_1857\_1924](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/conrad_joseph_1857_1924)  **4 December** This Topic Page on Phineas Gage is a great overview of one of the most interesting psychological case studies. How can traumatic brain injuries affect personality? [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/gage\_phineas\_1823\_1860](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/gage_phineas_1823_1860)  **5 December** The Montgomery Bus Boycott began this day in 1955 in response to the earlier arrest of Rosa Parks. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/montgomery\_bus\_boycott\_montgomery\_ala\_1955\_1956](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/montgomery_bus_boycott_montgomery_ala_1955_1956) **6 December** The 13th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1865, abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States (except as punishment for a crime). [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/slavery](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/slavery)  **7 December** Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Learn more about the attack in 1941 that thrust the US into WWII: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pearl\_harbor](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pearl_harbor)    ![menorah](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/menorah.jpg?width=400&name=menorah.jpg) **10 December** Happy Human Rights Day! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/universal\_declaration\_of\_human\_rights](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/universal_declaration_of_human_rights)  **11 December** One of America's most famous rocks was landed upon this day in 1620... or was it? Learn about the mythology and history of Plymouth Rock: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/plymouth\_colony](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/plymouth_colony)  **12 December** "With my burnt hand, I write on the nature of fire." Happy birthday Flaubert! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/flaubert\_gustave\_1821\_1880](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/flaubert_gustave_1821_1880)  **13 December** Happy National Cocoa day! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chocolate](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chocolate)  **14 December** This day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/south\_pole](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/south_pole)    ![nutcracker](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/nutcracker.jpg?width=400&name=nutcracker.jpg) **17 December** Learn more about the personal life of Tchaikovsky, the composer whose Nutcracker melodies are omnipresent in movies and commercials during the holiday season. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tchaikovsky\_peter\_1840\_1893](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tchaikovsky_peter_1840_1893)  **18 December** Everyone loves a good story, but have you ever considered how storytelling helps shape our lives and impact our communities? [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/storytelling](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/storytelling)  **19 December** One of the great non-Halloween holiday ghost stories was published this day in 1843. Learn more about Dickens and A Christmas Carol: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/dickens\_charles\_1812\_1870](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/dickens_charles_1812_1870)  **20 December** Gift-giving is an important component in many cultures. See how "reciprocity" as a sociological construct strengthens ties within a community or network. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reciprocity](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reciprocity)  **21 December** Today is the Winter Solstice, but that doesn't mean you have to do your research in the dark—illuminate any subject with Topic Pages like this: [http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/seasons](http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/seasons)    ![christmas](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/christmas.jpg?width=400&name=christmas.jpg) **24 December** The War of 1812 "ended" this day in 1814 with a treaty signing; however fighting continued through January as the news spread slowly. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/war\_of\_1812](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/war_of_1812)  **25 December** Merry Christmas! Learn more about the origin of Yule Logs, mistletoe, and tree-trimming with this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/christmas](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/christmas)  **26 December** The first day of Kwanzaa celebrates the principle of "umoja," or Unity. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kwanzaa](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kwanzaa)  **27 December** Help your research take flight with resources like this Aviation Topic Page [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/aviation](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/aviation)  **28 December** Did you know Reindeer are the only deer in which both sexes have antlers? [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reindeer](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/reindeer)    ![new-years](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/new-years.jpg?width=500&name=new-years.jpg) **31 December** In Scotland, today is known as Old Year’s Night, or "Hogmanay." 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