Khair, Shahira2025-06-062025-06-062025-06-05https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22344This report synthesizes key challenges and opportunities regarding research data services at the University of Victoria (UVic). Findings are informed by interviews conducted with twelve researchers at UVic who span research disciplines and career stages. Conversations reveal diverse approaches to data management driven primarily by the needs of collaborators and disciplinary practices, and to a lesser extent funding and publication requirements. While some researchers have found effective solutions through campus resources, significant challenges remain. Awareness and understanding of campus data services must be increased (and the earlier the better in the careers of faculty), and more generally there is a need for more integrated training and support. While increasing importance of data management and open science is acknowledged across research disciplines, all researchers highlighted practical complexities and the need for better guidance and infrastructure to support ambitions. Growth in digital forms of information and the introduction of generative AI in research tools add to this complexity, but also present key opportunities for data services. Most importantly, the evolving needs for data services on campus necessitate greater collaboration between the Office of Research Services, Library, and Research Computing Services to provide support that spans the research lifecycle of projects and goes beyond the funded stage of a research project.enAttribution 4.0 Internationaldata servicesresearch datahigher educationReport