At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.
P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!
1 September
September is #NationalChildhoodObesityMonth. Since the mid-1970s, the prevalence of obesity among adults and youth has increased dramatically, but steps can be taken to treat and prevent it and its potential complications. Read more here: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=childhood+obesity @credoreference
8 September
Today is International Literacy Day. This year’s theme focuses on “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Literacy @credoreference
9 September
The Golden State of California was admitted to the Union as the 31st state on this day in 1850. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=California @credoreference
12 September
The four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games, Jesse Owens was born this day in 1913. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=jesse+owens @credoreference
14 September
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which coordinates petroleum policies and economic aid among oil-producing nations, was formed on this day in 1960. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=OPEC @credoreference
15 September
Happy birthday to the English “Queen of Crime,” Agatha Christie, born this day in 1890. This prolific author wrote 66 detective novels featuring Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, along with scores of other novels, plays, and short stories. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=agatha+christie @credoreference
21 September
J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit was published to great critical acclaim on this day in 1937, introducing readers to the rather lazy, bourgeois hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his old friend, the wizard Gandalf. Find out more! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=jrr+tolkien @credoreference
21 September
On this day in 1780, American Revolutionary War general Benedict Arnold committed treason. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=benedict+arnold @credoreference
22 September
Today marks the first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Read about the autumnal equinox, when night and day are of equal length and the sun appears to cross the celestial equator from north to south. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=autumnal+equinox @credoreference
25 September
Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice on this day in 1981, leading the way for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=supreme+court @credoreference
26 September
It was on this day in 1905 that Albert Einstein published his revolutionary theory of relativity. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=albert+einstein @credoreference
26 September
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time”
—T.S. Eliot (who was born on this day in 1888) https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=t.s.+eliot @credoreference
27 September
This Banned Books Week we celebrate the freedom to read—including reading about banned books and other forms of censorship in Credo Reference: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=censorship @credoreference
28 September
Thanks to Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming, penicillin was discovered on this day in 1928. Despite the development of hundreds of different antibiotics since then, penicillin remains important in antibiotic therapy. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=penicillin @credoreference
29 September
Before you reach for your favorite cup of joe, celebrate National Coffee Day with a nod to its fascinating history. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=coffee @credoreference
30 September
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was originally published in two parts. The first volume, Little Women: or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, was published on this day in 1868. The second, Good Wives, appeared the next year. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=little+women @credoreference
