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• Upcoming Transition of the Public Access Compliance Monitor (PACM) in Support of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy
  The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is making ongoing updates to several services to support implementation of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, which went into effect on July 1, 2025. As part of the effort, NCBI has been exploring alternative strategies for helping institutions identify their f […]
• Update on PMC Article Dataset Distribution Changes
  As announced on February 12, major changes to PMC's Article Dataset Distribution Services are underway. Please note the following: Legacy Files Moved (April 13, 2026) On April 13, all legacy files for the PMC Article Datasets were moved to new temporary directories and prefixes on the PMC FTP and Cloud Services. FTP Service: all legacy files were moved […]
• Changes to PMC Article Dataset Distribution Services Coming in 2026
  The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will be making major changes to PMC's Article Dataset Distribution Services in 2026. In August 2026, users will need to access full text article data files through the PMC Cloud Service instead of the PMC FTP Service. This change will provide users with more reliable performance, faster retrieval […]
• Updates to PMC's ESearch and EPost E-utilities APIs Coming in Early February
  PubMed Central (PMC) will be moving to updated versions of the ESearch and EPost E-utilities APIs in early February. These updated versions will use the same technology as the updated PMC website search which was released in September 2025. This means search results returned by the updated ESearch API will match those of the PMC website. If you manage code t […]
• Updated Full-Text Search Now Available
  As previously announced, NCBI has updated the PubMed Central (PMC) full-text search functionality and user experience. To prepare for this transition, a Beta version was released in April for users to preview and test, and a number of improvements were made based on user feedback. NCBI will continue to add to and improve the new search, with priorities based […]