{"id":28887,"date":"2026-01-20T12:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=28887"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:32:48","slug":"library-supported-software-accounts-available-to-all-embl-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2026\/01\/library-supported-software-accounts-available-to-all-embl-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Library-Supported Software Accounts \u2013 Available to All EMBL Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Szil\u00e1rd Library is pleased to offer EMBL staff across <strong>all sites<\/strong> free access to a range of centrally licensed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/about\/library-services-at-a-glance\/\">digital tools<\/a>. These resources support high-quality writing, learning, and research, and are available to anyone at EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tools include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithenticate.com\/\">iThenticate<\/a><strong>: <\/strong>the plagiarism detection software for theses and scientific publications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/edu\">Grammarly<\/a>: an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you improve your writing skills by offering suggestions for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/\">O\u2019Reilly Learning Platform<\/a><strong>: <\/strong>covers topics such as software development, project management, data analysis, finance, leadership, career development, system administration and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overleaf.com\/\">Overleaf<\/a>: an online, collaborative platform for writing and publishing scientific and technical documents using the LaTeX typesetting system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure fair and transparent access to the limited number of licences, a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/internal-information\/documents\/allocation-and-use-of-accounts-for-licensed-software-tools-provided-by-the-embl-szilard-library\/\"> Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)<\/a> has been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What you need to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EMBL staff from all sites can request an account simply by contacting <a href=\"mailto:library@embl.org\">library@embl.org<\/a> <strong>(<\/strong>first come, first served).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard access is <strong>three months<\/strong>, with extensions possible if no waiting list exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If long-term access is required, temporary accounts can be converted into <strong>permanent licences<\/strong> charged to the group budget (approval from budget holders necessary).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Library manages all account administration, waiting lists, contracts, and provider communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the full<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/internal-information\/documents\/allocation-and-use-of-accounts-for-licensed-software-tools-provided-by-the-embl-szilard-library\/\"> SOP on the intranet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Szil\u00e1rd Library is pleased to offer EMBL staff across all sites free access to a range of centrally licensed digital tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8027],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-28887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-announcements"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28897,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28887\/revisions\/28897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28887"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=28887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}