Some vendors deliver MARC records for purchased e-resource collections via OCLC's FTP server.
To retrieve these records:
Navigate using a web browser or FTP software to ftp://ftp2.oclc.org/.
Log in with the following credentials:
Username: mcs
Password: [see Google Spreadsheet titled "OCLC Services URLs and Logins", line "FTP for MARC record pickup"]
Go to directory /cpp/riu/
Note that no matter which vendor is providing MARC records, the login and directory instructions above are the same.
Once in the riu directory/folder, you will see all files that vendors have dropped off.
Usually, the contents of a given file are evident from the file name.
Often, the MARC records for a single product will consist of multiple MARC files.
Vendors will normally send an email first directing us which files to pick up.
When retrieving the files, use binary transfer mode if applicable.
Note that OCLC purges all files after 90 days so that the folder does not get too cluttered.