Dear Moderator, Kindly circulate the News A well know Librarian Dr Velaga Venkatappaih, one of the active members of the Library Movement in Andhra Pradesh, expired on 29 December 2014 with heart attack. He was a reputed public librarian and retired as Secretary, Zilla Grantahalaya Samstha. His contributions to the cause of libraries especially for public libraries and enriching Telugu literature in LIS is phenomenal. He was also member of RRRLF. He started the Prof Kaula international prize and was also Secretary of Kaula Foundation. He wrote Model Public Library Act. He is well known for his hard work and work in public library movement. He published many papers and authored many books. His death is a great loss to the libraries especially for public library movement. We pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss, Let his soul rest in peace. Dr AL Moorthy, Former Director-DESIDOC & Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad Centre, Adj: DRDL Rear Gate, Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500058 Ph: (O) 040-24087058; Mob: 09951212000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.