Patrons with Disabilities

Service Overview

OU Libraries is committed to providing equal access to information for all faculty, staff, students, and members of the OU community. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and in collaboration with university policies and the OU Accessibility and Disability Resource Center, library faculty and staff will make good faith efforts to accommodate reasonable requests for assistance in obtaining, accessing, and making use of library resources, materials, and services.

Contact Us

What We Offer

OU Libraries offers many services for patrons with disabilities. If you have special needs, please contact the library in advance to arrange accommodations.

Book and article retrieval and delivery
Disability parking spaces
Proxy cards
Wheelchair accessible entrances

What Is Available

Book and Article Retrieval

OU Libraries will retrieve books and print journal articles from the stacks for patrons who use a wheelchair or are on crutches.
OU Libraries will also retrieve books for patrons to be picked up at a later time.

Proxy Cards

Certain borrowers may designate another person or persons as their proxy, who may check out library materials in their name. A faculty member or administrator may designate a student assistant as a proxy; a faculty member or administrator may request a proxy authorization for a spouse or child, or a disabled student or staff member may have a helper designated by Disability Services as a proxy. Visit the Checkout Through Proxy Policy page for more information and learn how to apply.

Sooner XPress

Sooner Xpress is the University of Oklahoma Campus document delivery service for faculty, staff and students. Sooner Xpress provides digitized copies of journal articles, digitized copies of book chapters, and books from the OU Libraries' collection to faculty, staff, and students for their personal research. Visit the Request Materials/Delivery page to learn more information.

Software/Hardware

Software and hardware assistive technologies are available on campus. Contact the OU Accessibility and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) for more information.

Facilities

OU Libraries branches have wheelchair-accessible entrances. The pages below provide contact information for each branch:

Parking

There are several parking lots on campus that provide disability parking. Students who need to park in these designated spaces should display both their OU Parking Permit and a state-issued handicap permit. Vehicles must be parked in a lot designated for the specific permit, i.e. commuter parking, faculty/staff, housing, etc.

Visitors need to display both a visitors parking permit and a state-issued handicap permit. Vehicles must be parked in locations designated specifically for visitor parking.

For more information and parking map, visit the OU Parking Services page.