Web Directory Information

Your directory information consists of several things depending on your status. There are three possible categories that a person associated with OU can fall under. They are student, staff/faculty, and student/staff. The category you fall under will determine what information is available to be viewed. Please note that the student directory information below is information available as the result of a web search. For a comprehensive listing of student directory information please go to www.ou.edu/admrec/ferpa.htm.

Student
Information can be witheld by placing a directory hold on the account. See below.

  1. name
  2. class level
  3. enrolled college
  4. campus address, city, state and zip
  5. campus phone
  6. email address
  7. OU web page address (if any)

Staff/Faculty
Office information cannot be withheld. Home information is withheld as the default. To display the information you will need to change the employee address and phone holds in the Directory Information page.

  1. name
  2. department
  3. office location
  4. office phone
  5. home address, city, state and zip
  6. email
  7. OU web page address (if any)

Student/Staff
Students who are employed by the university are treated the same as regular staff. OU will release that you are affiliated with the university by listing office location and phone. If there is a directory hold on the account, no student information will be given, including address. NOTE: Staff have their personal information held as default. This does not constitute a directory hold! Student information can still be released to anyone who requests it, unless there is a directory hold.

  1. name
  2. class level
  3. enrolled college
  4. campus/home address, city, state and zip
  5. campus/home phone
  6. department
  7. office location
  8. office phone
  9. email address
  10. OU web page address (if any)
 Change your OU Directory Information

OU Departments And Services Directory - alphabetical listing of departments and services at the University.

Listing/Unlisting your OU information. OU's policy on listings and how you can change them.

OU's Release of Information Policy

TERMS

Directory Hold - This hold forces the university to withhold all student information from release. This includes potential employers. The only way to add/remove a directory hold is to go to Buchanan Hall, Office of Academic records and fill out a Request to Withhold Student Directory Information.

Employee Address Hold - Since staff are required to be acknowledged as state employees, office information cannot be withheld. However, a hold can be placed on address information so that it is not released.

Employee Phone Hold - Similar to Address Hold only for the staff member's home phone.

Publications - The university make several directory publications available to the public. The most inclusive are the Student/Faculty/Staff telephone directory and the online OU People Search. All university publications follow the same rules concerning withholding information.