findIT CT - Statewide Library Catalog

1) Step 1 - Export your bibliographic and item records into a file.

Name your file with your findIT CT ID, followed by the date that you submitted the file in the format  YYYYMMDD. For example, the Middletown Library Service Center is CZLM, so if we submitted our file on December 1, 2025 it would be named: CZLM20251201. Don't know your library code? Use the spreadsheet on the "Library Codes" page to find your library's findIT CT library code.

Please compress or zip the file before sending it, if possible. This will make the file smaller so that the transfer will be quicker and it will save space on the SFTP server.

2) Step 2 - Electronically send your export file to findIT

Once you have your export file, you can electronically send your export file to findIT CT. The server that you will be connecting to uses Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), which provides a secure connection. You will need a client that supports SFTP, rather than FTP.  If you don't have one, you will need to download and install one. We recommend WinSCP which is free to download and use.

Open your SFTP program

• Go to host name: ftp.finditct.org
• Port should be 22
• Please contact Gail Hurley (gail.hurley@ct.gov) for your username/password if you don't have it
• Remove any directories you may have set up in your FTP software.
• You do not need to specify a directory on the server. 
• Once you are in, you will see a split screen.  On the left side of the screen, browse for your export file. Then simply drag that file over to the right side of the screen to transfer it.  That's it!
• Close the connection and/or exit the SFTP program (depends on SFTP program you are using).

Questions? Please contact Gail.Hurley@ct.gov 

findIT CT is Connecticut's new
Statewide Library Catalog

findIT CT is funded by the State of Connecticut and the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library.