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To earn an IBM Redbooks Silver Author badge, successfully participate in and complete an IBM Redbooks Residency that publishes either an IBM Redbooks or IBM Redpaper publication. You must be listed as an author for the publication. The residency announcement contains any requirements and skills that are required for the project. Your project leader and residency coordinator can answer any questions that are specific to a project. The badge submission process is automatic with no additional steps that are required by you.</p></div><div class="bx--col-sm-4 bx--col-lg-5" style="padding:15px;background-color:#dde0e5"><p style="padding:30px"><div class="bx--image" data-autoid="dds--image__longdescription"><picture><img class="bx--image__img" src="/images2/Redbooks_Badge_Gold.jpg" alt="Redbooks Badge Gold" aria-describedby="bx--image-25581"/></picture><div id="bx--image-25581" class="bx--image__longdescription">Redbooks Badge Gold</div></div></p><p style="padding:15px">Gold is the second plateau in our badge program. To earn an IBM Redbooks Gold Author badge, you must earn a Silver badge, and successfully participate in and complete an IBM Redbooks Residency that publishes your third IBM Redbooks or IBM Redpaper publication. You must be listed as an author for the publication. The residency announcement contains any requirements and skills that are required for the project. 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To earn an IBM Redbooks Platinum Author badge, you must earn a Gold badge, and successfully participate in and complete an IBM Redbooks Residency that publishes your sixth IBM Redbooks or IBM Redpaper publication. You must be listed as an author for the publication. The residency announcement contains any requirements and skills that are required for the project. Your project leader and residency coordinator can answer any questions that are specific to a project. Remind your residency coordinator that the residency you are on makes you eligible for the Platinum badge. Your prior contributions will be validated using our residency and publication data.</p></div></div><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-4 bx--col-lg-15 bx--offset-lg-1"><a name="faq"></a><h3 class="bx--layout--bottom-layout-01">Frequently Asked Questions</h3><ul class="bx--accordion bx--accordion--start bx--accordion--md"><li class="bx--accordion__item"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" class="bx--accordion__heading"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" class="bx--accordion__arrow"><path d="M11 8L6 13 5.3 12.3 9.6 8 5.3 3.7 6 3z"></path></svg><div class="bx--accordion__title" dir="auto">How are the digital badges administered?</div></button><div class="bx--accordion__content"><p>The IBM Redbooks Digital Badge program is part of the IBM Digital Badge program and leverages the services of Credly. Credly badges are external to IBM, therefore visible to other communities such as LinkedIn. These badges do not expire and are available to IBMers, Business Partners, and our clients. Badges can be displayed on your social media, email signature, company directory, or printed and hung on the wall. How you display your badge is up to you. Once the publication you authored is complete, we will submit the required information (name and email) to Credly automatically to process and you will be able to claim your badge from them once they notify you.</p><br/><p>If you have completed a residency that has already published a material in 2017 or later, expect to receive an email notification shortly. If you enrolled in a project or have been in a residency that has just ended, assist your project leader so that the material meets all the publication requirements. Once published, you will receive a notification that the badge process has started. Residencies that ran before 2017 are eligible if the material was published in 2017.</p></div></li><li class="bx--accordion__item"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" class="bx--accordion__heading"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" class="bx--accordion__arrow"><path d="M11 8L6 13 5.3 12.3 9.6 8 5.3 3.7 6 3z"></path></svg><div class="bx--accordion__title" dir="auto">What about a publication I authored in 2015 (retroactive badging), will I receive a badge for it?</div></button><div class="bx--accordion__content"><p>The IBM Redbooks badge program does not award badges for materials created before 2017, but those publications will count toward a badge tier should you attend a new residency that successfully publishes an IBM Redbook or Redpaper. The goal of this program is to encourage new participation in our residency program and to ensure the successful delivery of our IBM Redbooks branded materials.</p><br/><p>Your prior materials will still count toward a badge tier. Upon publication of a material in 2017 and after, you will be awarded the correct badge based on your publication history.</p></div></li><li class="bx--accordion__item"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" class="bx--accordion__heading"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" class="bx--accordion__arrow"><path d="M11 8L6 13 5.3 12.3 9.6 8 5.3 3.7 6 3z"></path></svg><div class="bx--accordion__title" dir="auto">Will materials other than IBM Redbooks and Redpapers become eligible for badges?</div></button><div class="bx--accordion__content"><p>The IBM Redbooks Digital Badge Program is an open program. 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