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.
In June we bring you latest edition of Pollard's Cell Biology, topics on electron microscopy, sample preparation, complexity of ecological systems, bioethics...
For this occasion, library brings books about the extraordinary features of living organisms like electricity, regeneration and venoms, importance of fungi and microbes, geological history of life,...
February's New books display is dedicated to International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Thanks to suggestions of EDI office, our EDI special collection is growing.
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.
For a festive season there is a festive selection of 24 new books in our collection in the form of an Advent Calendar – find a book for your Christmas break!
According to this year's theme of International Open Access Week, "Open for Climate Justice", we bring new books on the topics of open science, environment and human ecology.