This paper is to examine the role academic libraries can play to organize and make indigenous knowledge accessible for national development. The target audience for the paper are academic librarians in Ghana, researchers of African studies in Ghana and other stakeholders. This is a qualitative study with data from interviews with the librarians and a desk-top literature review. Academic librarians in Ghana recognize the importance of indigenous knowledge organization, but little has been done by way of research. Most academic libraries in Ghana have the basic resources to manage indigenous knowledge. Academic librarians need to be proactive in their collaborative efforts to manage indigenous knowledge. Academic librarians in Ghana should be proactive towards effective management of indigenous knowledge, for easy accessibility. Again, academic libraries need to be well resourced to manage indigenous knowledge. Finally, academic libraries need to create awareness about the importance of indigenous knowledge using different media platforms to all stakeholders.

本文旨在研究大学图书馆在组织和使土著知识可用于国家发展方面可以发挥的作用。本文的目标读者是加纳的大学图书馆馆员，加纳的非洲研究人员和其他利益相关者。这是一项定性研究，其数据来自对馆员的采访和桌面文献综述的数据。加纳的大学图书馆馆员认识到土著知识组织的重要性，但研究工作却很少。加纳的大多数大学图书馆都有管理土著知识的基本资源。高校图书馆员需要在管理土著知识的合作中积极主动。加纳的大学图书馆馆员应积极主动地对土著知识进行有效管理，以方便获取。再次，高校图书馆必须有足够的资源来管理土著知识。最后，高校图书馆需要使用不同的媒体平台，向所有利益相关者提高对土著知识重要性的认识。