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Traditionally, ethnic communities have preserved and transmitted knowledge generated from their beliefs, institutions and customs from one generation to another. With the introduction of Western systems, such communities have also participated in the formalized knowledge system preserved and transmitted through formal institutions of learning such as schools, colleges and universities. This paper explores possibilities and options for the fostering of the co-evolution of the two knowledge production systems: the living libraries (baansi) of Dagbon and the academic libraries in Ghana. The baansi is a collective name for musicians in Dagbon, Ghana. They are court musicians who involve themselves in praise singing. They are also holders of cultural knowledge, custom and history of Dagbon. Salifu1 re-echos Oppong2 by emphasizing that the living librarians act as family historians, royal advisors, cultural specialists and entertainers and in the view of Chista and Abdullahi,3 they are “walking or living libraries.’’ Academic Libraries are libraries of tertiary schools. The paper is divided into three sections. This first section examines the divergences between the Living Libraries (baansi) and the Academic Libraries (AL) whiles the second and third delineates the commonalities between the Living Libraries and Academic Libraries as points of convergence. It also provides a synthesis of the knowledge management of the two systems: the living libraries (baansi) of Dagbon and the academic libraries in Ghana. The study also recommends a model for creating synergybetween baansi and academic libraries with emphasis on learning together and mutual respect for co-evolution of their systems. Methodology

Transcending boundaries: options and prospects for interfacing living library traditions and academic library systems