Towards Promoting Indigenous Knowledge through Innovative Tools and Strategies: The Role of the Academic Library

This paper focuses on how to promote indigenous knowledge through the application of innovative tools and strategies by academic libraries in Nigeria. The paper X-rays the conceptual meanings of indigenous knowledge, innovative tools and strategies. It identifies use of social media platforms, websites, Google Docs as some of the innovative tools to be adopted in promoting indigenous knowledge. Talk-shows, lectures, incorporation of the teaching of IK in the curriculum of the library schools in Nigeria and organization of essay competitions on IK are some of the strategies to be adopted in order to promote the usefulness of IK to the world and local environments. The paper concludes that whenever Ik is given effective promotion locally and globally, the usefulness of Ik to economic and social cohesion of the people will be made more appreciated and meaningful.

Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Innovation, Academic libraries, Innovative tools, Promotion.