Summary: The National Institute of Health's (NIH) Data Management & Sharing (DMS) Policy requires researchers to prospectively plan for how scientific data will be preserved and shared. In the Spring of 2022 the author began to field questions from researchers about available campus resources and support for compliance with the new policy. These conversations renewed Library efforts to assess and define our role in providing research data services. In preparation for developing new services, the author set out to better understand researcher needs and perspectives through a series of semi-structured data interviews. The goal of these interviews was to identify service gaps, collaboration opportunities, and existing expertise on campus. A major finding of these interviews was the decentralized and siloed nature of research data services on campus. An unanticipated outcome of the project was the creation of an informal community of practice around assessing, improving, and delivering such services. The nature of these conversations and snowball method of participant selection served to position the Library as an impartial and engaged stakeholder for coordinated growth. Other stakeholders include the Office of Research, Information Technology, [statistical support unit], and [local Clinical and Translational Science Institute], as well as various College specific units. Conversations are on-going, and to date have included the creation of an IT Research Group and plans for study results to be included in the campus strategic plan. The author has also delivered presentations of initial findings to leadership in most stakeholder groups and jointly identified several campus-wide initiatives to aid in the visibility and accessibility of research data services. [cid:image001.png@01D96611.30FAF2D0] Jess Newman McDonald, MSIS Research Data and Scholarly Communications Lead | Assistant Professor View my Research Guides<https://libguides.uthsc.edu/prf.php?account_id=195085>