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Szilárd Library

Access to scientific literature and resources

The Library was opened on the 20th November 1979 and it is named after the Hungarian-American scientist Leo Szilárd, who in part initiated the idea of EMBL.

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EMBL Fit for Spring in the Library

As part of EMBL Fit for Spring 2025, from May 12 to 16, the Szilárd Library joins the Health and Safety Office, and invites you to take part in a week full of exciting and engaging activities designed to boost both your physical and mental well-being.


New in the collection (May 2025)

Metagenomics, DL, extinctions, evolution&development, startup tactics, environmental wisdom, defending science from pseudoscience,....



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!



World Art Day 2025

To celebrate the World Art Day, library collection is enriched with new topics praising the endless interaction and synergies of science and the arts.


New in the collection (April 2025)

Scientists' collaborations, soundscape ecology, women pioneers in science, Gaia concept reconciled, strategic social media management, and more.


Sir John Kendrew’s birth anniversary

On the occasion of Sir John Kendrew's birth anniversary on March 24th, librarians have prepared a special book display featuring titles related to his life and work.


International Weeks Against Racism

To support engagement against racism, Szilárd Library brings variety of books on this topic. Books are on display at the Library Corner in Cafeteria, together with promotional material from Interkulturelles Zentrum Heidelberg.


New in the collection (March 2025)

How our Stone Age brain is coping with the Screen Age? What is the logic of our immune system? Can we make science communication cabaret? See latest arrivals in the library

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