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.
On Friday, November 24th, the library will be closed from 12:00 to 15:00 due to a special event organized by the Resource Development office. You can use Meeting Room B18 in ATC as an alternative workspace from 12:00 to 15:00.
On Wednesday, October 25th, the library will be closed all day due to EMBLEM Supervisory Board. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Szilárd Library Team!
On Monday, September 11th, our library will be closed from 12:00 to 15:00 for a special event by the Resource Development office. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Szilárd Library Team!
"Nexus Island" workshop was held for the first time at EMBL Heidelberg with a group of enthusiastic colleagues. Have a look how did it look like having an island in the library...
Among new books, read about the psychology behind misinformation, basics of molecular biology, advanced data analysis with R, updated editions of clinical immunology and medical genetics,....
EMBL librarians visited the library of Heidelberg University Hospital Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine and handed over a generous donation from EMBL staff, collected on the book flea market during the celebration of reopening of the Szilárd Library.
The library will be closed from 11:30 to 13:30 due to a special event in meeting room B28. However, extra workspaces have been booked for users to utilize during this time.
Library is hosting this unique SEPE workshop at EMBL Heidelberg for the first time. We invite everybody to join us and with the coffee and cake also to discover more "Green" resources from our collection.
On 8 December 2022, inauguration of the new reading room in ATC took place. The opening was followed by several events to celebrate the official reopening of the Szilárd Library.