Speaking of Ribbons, let me clue you in…
Many moons ago I met Michael Golrick, when I was being oriented to ALA as an ALA Committee Intern. He had a long string of ribbons (and I’d seen others in the hallways with a few ribbons) and was able to talk extensively about the participation they represented. I then set out to “out do” Michael by going and collecting the ribbons for which I qualified.
The rules I follow, which I think are adapted from what Michael said while explaining his ribbons, are: an ALA badge ribbon “counts” when it is at least one of the following
- an ALA unit of which you are a member
- an ALA- or library-related ribbon which describes something you support or agree with
- from a vendor which is used by your library
- from a vendor which you’d like to use at your library
- from friends which has some meaning for you
- and, *no duplicates*
I think those are the main criteria…
Anyway, join the fun, get engaged, grab some ribbons and join Kate in her quest to build a longer ribbon chain than mine 😉
(and if you acquire an extra Aaron Dobbs ribbon from #ala12… I’m interested in having one)
Aaron the Librarian 
Yikes!
I did not know that! Oh, and the link in the post does not work, I suspect it is something with the way it got extra text added in the formatting. With any luck the link on my name will work.
Thanks for the link alert, Michael — fixed!