Lowe, Randall A.2020-02-192020-02-192019-11-27http://hdl.handle.net/11603/17358There is an established history of academic libraries collaborating with their institutions’ athletics departments to provide learning and research support to student-athletes in order to achieve positive educational outcomes. It is rarer to find documented the effect that athletics has had on the professional life of an academic librarian. The author details how the skills acquired and lessoned learned being an athlete and collegiate coach directly influenced his approach to providing leadership in various collection development and electronic resources management initiatives at a medium-sized academic library.20 pagesen-USThe 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 LibrarianshipElectronic Resources ManagementERMCollection developmentAthleticsCoaching (Athletics)LeadershipText