Social Media Content for Libraries

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.

1 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 

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 

3 January
Happy twelvity-sixth birthday to JRR Tolkien! https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien_j_ohn_r_onald_r_euel_1892_1973 

4 January
Happy birthday, Isaac Newton born this day 1643! https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton_isaac_1642_1727 

7 January
The first U.S. Presidential Election was held on this day in 1789. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/presidential_elections_united_states 

8 January
Happy birthday to the king! Elvis Presley was born on this day in 1935: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/presley_elvis_aaronaron_1935_1977 

9 January
You may be shocked to learn that today is national static electricity day. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/electricity 

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 

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 

14 January
The American Revolutionary War ended on this day in 1784 with Congress's ratification of the Treaty of Paris: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/american_revolution 

15 January
The first Super Bowl was played on this day in 1967, with the Packers beating the Chiefs 35-10. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/super_bowl 

16 January
In one of Americans most sober moments, Prohibition began on this day in 1920: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/prohibition 

17 January
Happy birthday, Muhammad Ali. The great boxer and activist was born on this day in 1942: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/ali_muhammad_1942 

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 

21 January
Today's #MLK holiday is an excellent time to look into the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/civil_rights_movement 

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

23 January
Celebrate National Handwriting Day with this calligraphy Topic Page: 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 

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 

28 January
Happy birthday Jackson Pollock, born on this day in1912! https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/pollock_jackson_1912_1956 

29 January
Nevermore will your users be confused as to where to start their Edgar Allan Poe research. Today marks the 174th anniversary of the publication of "The Raven" 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 

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