page_title: Grandhalaya Sarvaswam
section_title: Special Issues
hierarchical_section_title: Grandhalaya Sarvaswam / Special Issues
caption_attribution_description: English: The picture depicts National Library Week Celebrations
context_page_description: Grandhalaya Sarvaswam is a Telugu periodical related to the library 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. 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. It began publishing orders issued by the Andhra Pradesh public library directorate for the benefit of employees working in district libraries.
context_section_description: The association has been publishing special issues of Grandhalaya Sarvaswam on special occasions, devoting to the literature pertaining to a specific subject or event. The December issue of every year, devoted to the news, items related to the "National Library Week" celebrations in various public and other libraries in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
   The special issues published from 2010 onwards are given here.
  Rabindranath Tagore 150th birthday Special Issue  (2012 May) 
  Nagineni Venkaiah, the leader of Library movement, farming 100th Birthday Special Issue (2013 July).
  Andhra Pradesh Library Association Centenary Celebrations Special Issue (2014 May)
  Kodati Narayana Rao 100th birthday celebrations (2014 December)
  Grandhalaya Pitamaha Padmasree Ayyanki Venkataramanaiah, 125th Birthday Special Issue (2015 July)
  S.R.Ranganathan's 125th birthday Special Issue (2017 August)
  Veeresalingam 100th Birthday Special Issue (2019 May) 
  Mahatma Gandhi's 150th Birthday Special Issue (2019 October)
  Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao 60th death anniversary issue (2020 March)
  The Andhra Pradesh Library Association, which publishes the magazine, set up their own building in Vijayawada in 1939 and named it after Gadicherla Hari Sarottama Rao. The Association has been preserving all the volumes of the periodical in this building which was instrumental in promoting the library movement in Andhra Pradesh state.
caption: Special Issue of National Library Week Celebrations