--- title: February Social Media Content for Libraries description: Trivia, this day in history, and humor for libraries and librarians to use to engage social media followers and expose digital resources. image: https://blog.credoreference.com/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/heart%20candle.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) # February Social Media Content for Libraries Posted by [Duncan Whitmire](https://blog.credoreference.com/author/duncan-whitmire) on 2/1/18 1:35 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 February** Lets all raise a magnifying glass to cheers the Oxford Dictionary, which debuted this day in 1884! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oxford\_english\_dictionary](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/oxford_english_dictionary)  **2 February** Ready for the big game Sunday? Read up on the history of the Super Bowl with this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/super\_bowl](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/super_bowl)  ![heart book.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/heart%20book.jpg?width=401&name=heart%20book.jpg) **5 February** The forecast for National Weatherperson's Day is scholarly with a chance of Topic Pages: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meteorology](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meteorology)  **6 February** February is Black History Month! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/african\_americans](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/african_americans)  **7 February** We have a flock of bird-related Topic Pages for February, which is celebrated by some as National Bird Feeding Month: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/bird](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/bird)  **8 February** Happy Birthday Jules Verne, a writer in a league all his own! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/jules\_verne\_1828\_1905](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/jules_verne_1828_1905)  **9 February** Youth Culture is a relatively new concept. See its evolving history with this Topic Page: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/youth\_culture](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/youth_culture)  ![heart candle.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/heart%20candle.jpg?width=401&name=heart%20candle.jpg) **12 February** Happy birthday to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/lincoln\_abraham\_1809\_1865](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/lincoln_abraham_1809_1865)  **13 February** Organized Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans date back to 1857. The first parade consisted of 2 floats. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/mardi\_gras](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/mardi_gras)  **14 February** Happy Valentines Day, a great day for conducting research on the heart: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/heart](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/heart)  **15 February** In one of humanity's last chess victories over the machines, this week in 1996 Garry Kasparov defeated Deep Blue: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kasparov\_gary\_1963](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/kasparov_gary_1963)  **16 February** Happy Chinese New Year! This is the year of the dog. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chinese\_new\_year](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chinese_new_year)    ![rushmore.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/rushmore.jpg?width=404&name=rushmore.jpg) **19 February** Happy birthday, Copernicus, the scientist who would redefine humanity's understanding of Earth's place in the universe. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/copernicus\_nicolaus\_1473\_1543](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/copernicus_nicolaus_1473_1543)  **20 February** It's Love Your Pet Day! Share this Catnip Topic Page with your feline friend: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/catnip](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/catnip)  **21 February** One of the civil rights movement's most controversial figures, Malcolm X was assassinated on this day in 1965. [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/malcolm\_x\_1925\_1965](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/malcolm_x_1925_1965)  **22 February** It's been 21 years since we learned about the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Just this year Chinese scientists announced the first successful cloning of a primate: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cloning](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cloning)  **23 February** With The Walking Dead returning this Sunday, we thought it was a good time to fill up our brains with information on zombies: [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/zombies](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/zombies)  ![hearts.jpg](https://blog.credoreference.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20(Reference)/Images/hearts.jpg?width=400&name=hearts.jpg) **26 February** It's Tell a Fairy Tale Day! [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/fairy\_tales](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/fairy_tales)  **27 February** The Tasmanian capital city, once only famous for its zinc and devils, has now grown into a thriving cultural center [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/hobart](https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/hobart)  **28 February** Paradise Lost? 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