Grandhalaya Sarvaswam

Grandhalaya Sarvaswam

Cover page of Grandaalaya Sarvasvamu V.1 No.1 from 1916
Categories	Library science
Founder	Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya
Founded	1915 (1915)
First issue	1916 (1916)
Country	India
Based in	Vijayawada
Language	Telugu

Grandhalaya Sarvaswam is a Telugu periodical related to the library science and Library and information science. The Andhra Pradesh Library Association in India has been publishing this periodical since the year 1915 for the development of the library movement. It is the oldest regional language periodical in the country.

Granthalaya Saraswam is the second oldest LIS journal started in 1915 and published by Andhra Desa Library Association in Telugu edited by Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya. The first LIS journal Library Miscellany was published in the year 1912 in India by State Library Department, Baroda in English, Gujarati and Marathi languages with Shri J. S. Kodalkar as its first editor but later the publication was ceased in the year 1920.^[1]

The earliest volumes of the periodical were covering the news and articles related to libraries, news regarding children's force, literary discussions, modern poems, songs rendered in connection with library movement, featured articles related to the history and science. Gradually, libraries, book reviews were included, along with the contents of the Gandhiji's constructive program.^[2] It began publishing orders issued by the Andhra Pradesh public library directorate for the benefit of employees working in district libraries.^[3]