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Szilárd Library

Access to scientific literature and resources

The Szilárd Library supports EMBL researchers and staff at all six sites


Latest posts

23 March 2025

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.

21 March 2025

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.

4 March 2025

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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Library office

Location: ATC Room B 1703
Email: library@embl.de
Address: Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Library & Reading room

Library and the reading room are located in ATC B29.01 – upper part of the former VIP Lounge/Executive Suite.

To return the books, users are kindly asked to leave them on the trolley at the entrance of the new library.


The EMBL Office for Scientific Information Management (OSIM) provides a hub of expertise on the management of scientific outputs and related services and encompasses the Szilárd Library, EMBL Archive and Records, and EMBL Open Science Support.

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