Open Records

Mailing Address:

Open Records Office
The University of Oklahoma
339 W. Boyd St., RM 416
Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Records Retention

Our office will assist in records disposition and destruction by appointment. Training for open records and record retention can be provided upon request on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

Email us at openrecords@ou.edu to enroll

For information about Records Disposition for State Colleges and Universities and Notice of Intent to Destroy Records are provided from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

General Records Disposition Schedule

Notice of Intent to Destroy Records Form

Notice of Intent to Destroy Records that have been Imaged

Submissions for Open Records requests will be through our new portal website NextRequest. Click the dropdown box to make an Open Records Request.

Link Drop-down options

NEW: Open Records Training Session!

We are offering once a month virtual training session for other departments within the University regarding Open Records and Records Retention. Topics will include: What is Open Records, what is a record, what is records retention, what information is confidential, etc. We can cater our trainings to specific questions and needs, with an basic overview for all.

If your department is interested in scheduling a training session via Zoom, please contact our Open Records Coordinator, Melissa K. Dowling-Hartwig at melissakdh@ou.edu. Please give us two weeks in advance to schedule your session.

Open Records Office

To ensure University operations continue in an effective manner and that risk of the spread of COVID-19 is mitigated, please submit Open Record requests through NextRequest or by fax at (405) 325-9034.

All walk-in requests should be submitted in-person at the Open Records Office located on the 4th floor of Whitehand Hall 339 W. Boyd St. Room 416, Norman, OK 73019 during normal business hours, Monday - Friday from 8am to 5pm.

If you have any questions regarding your request that you submitted through NextRequest or any additional questions please call the Open Records Office at (405) 325-0202.

Name	Email	Phone Number
Ferris Barger Director	Ferris.Barger@ou.edu	405-325-3738
Melissa Dowling-Hartwig Open Records Coordinator	melissakdh@ou.edu	405-325-3328
Larissa Hussey Administrative Assistant	larissahuss@ou.edu	405-325-0202
Rebecca Rillema Administrative Support Specialist	Rebecca.L.Rillema-1@ou.edu	405-325-0202