{"id":20613,"date":"2024-11-21T23:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=20613"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:38:37","slug":"from-a-pencil-and-two-cupboards-to-serving-six-embl-sites-across-europe-the-50th-45th-anniversary-of-the-embl-szilard-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/11\/from-a-pencil-and-two-cupboards-to-serving-six-embl-sites-across-europe-the-50th-45th-anniversary-of-the-embl-szilard-library\/","title":{"rendered":"From a pencil and two cupboards to serving six EMBL sites across Europe: the 50th \/ 45th anniversary of the EMBL Szil\u00e1rd Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The year 2024 is not only EMBL’s 50th anniversary, it also marks the 50th\/45th anniversary of the Szil\u00e1rd Library. It was in 1974 when the library at EMBL was founded, and later inaugurated on 20th<\/sup> November 1979 with the support of the first EMBL DG Sir John Kendrew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mark the 45th<\/sup> anniversary, on 20th<\/sup> November 2024 a gathering was held for those who shaped our library’s journey at EMBL Imaging Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The celebration brought together former and current librarians, colleagues from Heidelberg University and research libraries, past and present library committee members, and OSIM and EMBL colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Holmes, first EMBL librarian, talked about the founding of EMBL, Leo Szil\u00e1rd and the early days of the Szil\u00e1rd Library that started with a pencil and two cupboards. Vladimir Benes, Head of Genomics Core Facility and Scientific Ombudsperson, reviewed the history of the library, librarians, as well as the challenges that the library was facing since its beginnings. Bastian Drees, Head of OSIM, presented the EMBL Szil\u00e1rd Library today as part of the Office for Scientific Information management (OSIM) and shared the visions of the library\u2019s future serving the six EMBL sites across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable guests had a tour of the exhibition \u201cThe World of Molecular Biology\u201d and visited the library reading room for the opening of the Christmas book flea market<\/a>, which this year is dedicated to collecting contributions for the library at \u201cKatharina Labour\u00e9 Haus\u201d a home for elderly people in Heidelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Szil\u00e1rd Library team thanks everyone that helped organize this celebration: Alumni Relations, Catering Service, Course and Conference Office, Creative team, Exhibition team, Facility Management, and Photolab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mary Holmes and Bastian Drees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Vladimir Benes giving a talk about the history of the library. On slide: Mary Holmes and Sir John Kendrew mid 70s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Vladimir Benes giving a talk about the history of the library. On slide: Mary Holmes opening the new reading room in 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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EMBL Szilard Library 50th\/45th Anniversary, EMBL IC, 20.11.2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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