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.
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.
We experience access problems with subscribed OUP journals. The publisher has been notified and we are working to resolve it. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Library proudly presents the winner of the 2021 Summer Reading Art Contest! We congratulate Ariadne for her artwork about the book "Die Schnecke und der Buckelwal", by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Bravo Ariadne! Until the next Library Art Contest, enjoy the gallery of this year's young…
The Szilárd Library will reopen six workplaces in the reading room on Thursday 08 July 2021. The workplaces have to be booked via the room booking system. Please inform yourself about the currently valid hygiene measures before you visit the library. We are looking forward to welcome you again.
On 1 July, the Szilard Library switches to a new library system and a new library catalogue. The new catalogue will be available at the same URL as the old one.
This year’s Open Access Week will be held from October 19th through the 25th. Szilárd Library organizes an event titled "Europe's Road towards Open Science and Open Access - where do Plan S and Projekt DEAL lead us?"