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'''Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya''' or '''Ayyanki Venkata Ramanaiah''' (24 July 1890 – 1979) has been called the "Architect of the Public Library Movement in India".<ref>Kaula, P.N. "A Study of Public Library Development and Services for Rural Uplift". Granthana: Indian Journal of Library Sciences, Vol 8. Issues 1–2. 2001. pg 46.</ref> He is the first Indian to be awarded the [[Kaula Gold Medal]].<ref>[http://kaulaendowment.org/awards.html Kaulaendowment awards medals scholarships]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Through his career as an influential library leader, Ramanayya was seen as a respected peer and mentor by [[S. R. Ranganathan]].

== Early career ==
Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya was born in [[Konkuduru]] village, [[Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari|Ramachandrapuram]] taluk, in [[East Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], to Venkata Ratnam and Mangamamba.<ref>Luminaries of 20th Century, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.</ref> He studied in Tailor High School.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Influenced by [[Bipin Chandra Pal]], Ramanayya entered public life in 1907 at the age of 19. He was instrumental in establishing the First State Library Association in Indian – [[Andhra Pradesh Library Association]] (1914) and the [[Bengal Library Association]] (1925). He contributed to the foundation of the Madras Library Association (1928) and the Punjab Library Association (1929) at state level and the All India Public Library Association (1919) at the national level.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Between 1934–1948, Ramanayya toured the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and organised large-scale library tours. As a result, hundreds of libraries were opened and many others reopened. He organised training camps for the library secretaries in 1920 and 1934.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

== Accomplishments ==
Ramanayya never worked as a librarian in the technical sense but he founded thousands of public libraries throughout India, and South India in particular.<ref>Satyanarayana, R. "Shri Iyynki Venkata Ramanayya and the Library Movement in India: A Personal Tribute”. Annals of Library Science and Documentation,Volume 19. 1972. pg 157.</ref> P. Ramachandra Rao describes the Andhra Pradesh library movement;<ref>Rao, Ramachandra P. “The Significance of the Library Movement in Andhra, 1900–1948”. Library Herald, Vol 20. Delhi Library Association. 1981. pg 152.</ref> {{quote|In the general context of the national library movement, the Andhra library movement was conspicuous and significant, unique and described as “swayambhuv” (self-born) by Iyyanki Venkataramanayya. It was a social movement with popular participation, organised with democratic ideals, more for imbibing political consciousness and spreading literacy rather than for mere organisation of reading rooms and systematic libraries.}}

Ramanayya founded literary journals such as ''Andhra Bharati'' (1910), the first Telugu-language illustrated monthly, which informed people of Telugu related information. He also founded ''[[Grandhalaya Sarvaswam]]'' in Telugu in 1916, being the first professional journal on Library Science from Vijayawada,<ref>Singh, Sewa & Sukhbir Singh. "Library and Information Science Periodicals in India: a Study Towards Standardization". Herald of Library Science, Vol. 29 (July–October 1990): pg 202.</ref> as well as the ''Indian Library Journal'' in 1924, which was the first professional journal on Library Science published in English from Vijayawada.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

He helped establishment of Raja Rammohan Library in 1911 in Vijayawada. He started All India Citizens' Library Association in 1919.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

== Other works ==
Ramanayya organised hundreds of meetings and conferences at the national and state levels. People such as [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[P C Roy]], and [[Chittaranjan Das]] were reception committee chairmen or presidents of different All India Public Library Conferences organised by him in various parts of India. He was the first secretary of the [[Andhra Pradesh Library Association]] along with N. Krishna Rad in 1914,<ref>Satyanarayana, R. "Shri Iyynki Venkata Ramanayya and the Library Movement in India: A Personal Tribute”. Annals of Library Science and Documentation, Volume 19. 1972. pgs 157.</ref> as well as the All India Public Library Association which started in 1919.

Ramanayya donated about {{convert|10|acre|m2}} of land in Ayyanki village for development of various facilities. A [[Shiva]] temple, known as Ganga Parwatavardhani sameta Sri Ramalingeswara Swamy, exists because of him.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

== Legacy and awards ==
The Indian movement to build libraries in several states and in the rural, less accessible areas, can be attributed to Ramanayya's organising capacity, energy and dedication. In addition to the Kaula Gold Medal, he was honoured with the award of "[[Granthalaya Pitamaha]]" by the [[Maharajah]] of [[Baroda]]. The Government of India honoured him with the [[Padmashri]] award.<ref>Prof Kaula Endowment for Library and Information Science, Silver Jubilee Report (1975–2000)</ref>

He was secretary [[Andhra Pradesh Library Association]] and organised an All India Library Meeting on 12 November 1912 in Madras. This meeting lead to the forming of [[Indian Library Association]].<ref>[http://librarykv2calicut.wordpress.com/tag/library-day/ Library day]</ref>

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