Prior to the publication of
Grandhalaya Sarvaswam, the library community and those who worked for library-related issues had to rely on other
journals to publish their articles, news and opinions. So the Andhra Desa
Library Association launched its own
magazine as
quarterly in 1915, which was published as a bimonthly journal two years later. The Association began publishing the periodical as a monthly magazine after Volume 6. The same periodical was stopped for a while in mid-1921 and started again in July 1928 as a monthly. This library periodical though was stopped between the years 1930–33, before being restored in 1934, completing 11 volumes. Although the publication encountered some fluctuations, the
Grandhalaya Sarvaswam was reintroduced due to the pioneering efforts of the father of the library movement,
Ayyanki Venkata Ramanaiah, from January 1948 and is still being published uninterruptedly. Between September 1939 and October 1941, the magazine was published quarterly under the name
Andhra Granthalayam in both
Telugu (the language of Andhra Pradesh) and
English. Its publication in
English has spread to other states and continents. Publication stalled in the wake of the dearth of paper in
World War II. So, the Association has published the editions of the 23,24
Andhra Pradesh Grandhalaya
Conferences held in Pedapalem of
Tenali Taluka and
Hindupur in
Anantapur District, respectively, in the place of Grandhalaya Sarvaswam. Since the situation was improved, this
library periodical publication was restored under the same name, has been publishing still now on a regular basis. ==Editors==