Lowe, Randall A.2020-12-082020-12-082020-12-02http://hdl.handle.net/11603/20202The COVID-19 virus pandemic of 2020 thrust libraries into managing situations many never imagined they would have to face. The author details one academic library’s experience in successfully evaluating, trialing and licensing a faculty-requested electronic resource subscription during the health pandemic in the face of significant fiscal challenges and describes the ways in which following established procedures as well as a set of principles that encourages open dialogue with faculty, administrators and vendors contributed to the positive outcome.18 pagesenThe author owns the copyright to this work. This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by FSU for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the author.Academic librarieselectronic resources librarianshipERMcollection developmentcollection management (libraries)decision makinglibrary budgetresource procurementCOVID-19 PandemicText