ACRL's "Standards for Distance and Online Learning Library Services" sets seven professional standards and associated benchmarks for academic and research libraries. These standards address all academic and research libraries, but institutions with different sizes, funding models, and user demographics necessarily cannot apply the "Standards" identically. By considering the "Standards'" application in a small private university, a mid-sized private nonprofit institution, a mid-sized public university, and a large public university, this article highlights notable parallels and differences of their implementation across contexts to highlight methods of engaging the current "Standards" in different circumstances.