Using ctypes with lib not found via ldconfig

[Cylops]

I'd like to use ctypes for my Linux app, but the libraries i want to
use it on aren't in a standard location, and can't be found via ldconfig.
They aren't in any of the directories listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, and they
won't be. Our IT dept. controls this, and won't make them normally
accessible for me.

So, how do i steer ctypes towards these libs? Let's say this is one of
them:

    /home/me/otherLibs/libgaak.so.6

tia,
eric