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Szilárd Library

Access to scientific literature and resources

The Szilárd Library supports EMBL researchers and staff at all six sites


Latest posts

29 April 2025

Szilárd Library closed on 30.04.2025

Due to the EMBLEM Supervisory Board Meeting, the library area needs to remain closed to users.

17 April 2025

Earth Week 2025 at the Szilárd Library

As part of the Earth Week 2025 initiative, join the event at Szilard Library on Friday 25.4. for a workshop, clothes swap, new books on sustainability and environment, variety of take-away seeds and baby plants, coffee and home-made cakes!

14 April 2025

Donation to the “Katharina Labouré Haus” – Caritas-Altenhilfe Heidelberg

To celebrate its 45th anniversary, the Szilárd Library hosted a festive book flea market, raising 428 Euros for the Katharina Labouré Haus elderly care home—thanks to the generosity of EMBL staff.

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Library office

Location: ATC Room B 1703
Email: library@embl.de
Address: Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Library & Reading room

Library and the reading room are located in ATC B29.01 – upper part of the former VIP Lounge/Executive Suite.

To return the books, users are kindly asked to leave them on the trolley at the entrance of the new library.


The EMBL Office for Scientific Information Management (OSIM) provides a hub of expertise on the management of scientific outputs and related services and encompasses the Szilárd Library, EMBL Archive and Records, and EMBL Open Science Support.

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