The Central Philippine University Library (commonly referred to as CPU Library) is the

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system of the

Central Philippine University The Central Philippine University (also referred to as Central or CPU) is a private research university in Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1905 through a benevolent grant of the American industrialist and philanthropist, John D. Roc ...

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on t ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. Established in 1910, it is one of the largest academic and research libraries in the Philippines (largest library in Western Visayas) at present with more than 250,000 volumes or holdings it has, including special collections categorized into sections which include the 40,000+

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

Documents,

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

Studies Resource Center (American Corner), Meyer-Asian Collection, Food and Agriculture Organization and Elizabeth Knox Sacred Music Collection. Rare collections of

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documents and Asian archaeological artifacts are also found in the collection of the main library. The Henry Luce III Library, the main library which encompasses the library system's departmental libraries, was constructed in 1991 through the Henry Luce Foundation in honor of Henry Luce III,The Henry Luce III Library History
Retrieved 08-30-2020. the elder son of the founder and editor-in-chief of

Time Inc. Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illu ...

"The Henry Luce III Library of Central Philippine University is donated by Henry Luce III, the elder son of the founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc., who held prominent positions at the company and went on to be head of the Henry Luce Foundation."
Henry Luce III Library. Retrieved 2012-04-19. The Central Philippine University Library has been designated by the Philippine

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as National Statistics Office (Philippines) (NSO) Information Center for Western Visayan region, and a depository of the

and the

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO). The library is also a regular recipient of library materials from international and local organizations and centers such as the

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(UNESCO), Population Council in New York,

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in Manila, Australian Centre for Publication Acquired for Development (ACPAD), Population Information Network, and the

International Rice Research Institute The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an international agricultural research and training organization with its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines, and offices in seventeen countries. IRRI is known for its wor ...

(in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines). Through the library system’s American Studies Resource Center (ASRC) or American Corner, the first of its kind in Visayas which is located in the main library (Henry Luce III Library), is also a regular recipient from the: Thomas Jefferson Information Center in Manila (one of the 13 such centers in the

), and the

United States Information Service The United States Information Agency (USIA), which operated from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". In 1999, prior to the reorganization of intelligence agencies by President George W. Bush, President Bill ...

. The Henry Luce III Library's American Studies Resource Center (ASRC) helps/assists students who want to study in the

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through its Educational Advising Program. A Knowledge for Development Center for Western Visayas, donated by the

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in consortium with the university was launched in 2008. The CPU–World Bank Knowledge for Development Center is one of such centers which are hubs for dialogue and research on development issues established by the

in key cities around the country in partnership with leading

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

and

private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

universities.September 26, 2008—The World Bank launched today its 11th Knowledge for Development Center (KDC) at the Central Philippine University (CPU) in Jaro, Iloilo City.
Retrieved 05-03-12 The library system at present, maintains accord with the libraries of

Silliman University Silliman University (also referred to as Silliman or SU) is a private research university in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, the Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is ...

, the sister institution of

, and the

Trinity University of Asia Trinity University of Asia (formerly Trinity College of Quezon City), also known as TUA or simply Trinity, is a non-sectarian private university located in Quezon City, Philippines. Formally established in 1963 as an elementary, high school and co ...

Library System

The Central Philippine University Library System is composed of the Henry Luce III Library (Main Library) and the local libraries of the

College of Law A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, ...

, Junior High School, Senior High School and the Elementary School. The libraries for College of Theology and the School of Graduate Studies, formerly housed at Johnson Hall and the Alumni Building, respectively, are now housed at the Henry Luce III Library. The main library building has a

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

of 1,000 persons,

High School A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

Library 150; the Elementary Library, 125, and the

, 42. The total

of the University Libraries at present is 1,320. At present, the University Libraries have a total holding of about 236,307 (250,000+) pieces of print materials distributed at the different sections of the three storey Main Library and the departmental libraries. The library system's maintains accord with the

and the

libraries. Central_Philippine_University_Library_Banner

Holdings

The main library holding volumes include the

Graduate Studies Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and stru ...

Theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and the Special Collections. The Elementary Library has 30,071 volumes, the High School library has 20,024, and the

Library, 6,108 accessioned volumes. Periodicals. The Library maintains subscriptions to both local and foreign print periodicals as well as subscription to ONLINE journals (OVID Medline), 8 local newspapers and more than 1,200 irregular titles or serials acquired through/from library linkages. In addition, the library receives 1,315 titles through exchanges and through gifts from local and foreign institutions. Other titles come as free mails, from here and abroad, although these are irregular. All in all, the library receives a total of 1,191 periodical titles excluding the Theology Library holdings. The Theology Library maintains and subscribes to 38 foreign and local publications. 25 titles come as gifts from

Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the largest international Baptist organization with an estimated 51 million people in 2022 with 246 member bodies in 128 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA account ...

World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...

and friends of the Library. Lopezmemorialhall

The Henry Luce III Library follows the Library of Congress Classification and the subject headings are based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The Junior High School and Elementary Library follows the

Dewey Decimal Classification The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), colloquially known as the Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system which allows new books to be added to a library in their appropriate location based on subject. Section 4.1 ...

. The library holdings may be searched online through the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Destiny Online Catalog

Linkages

The CPU Library is a depository of

and the

(FAO) of the

; a recipient of library materials from the

(UNESCO); the

Population Council The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The Council conducts research in biomedicine, social science, and public health and helps build research capacities in developing countries. One-third of its res ...

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; the

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

, and Australian Center for Publication Acquired for Development (ACPAD), Population Information Network, and the

, Los Baños, Laguna,

; The

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the natio ...

Information Center in

, and the

United States Information Agency The United States Information Agency (USIA), which operated from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to " public diplomacy". In 1999, prior to the reorganization of intelligence agencies by President George W. Bush, President Bil ...

are regular library donors for the CPU - American Studies Resource Center (ASRC). The American Studies Center through its Educational Advising Program help/assist students who want to study in the U.S. Individual donors and alumni continue to assist in the development of library collection. Starting April 29, 1997, the National Statistics Office (Philippines) (NSO), Region VI designated Central Philippine University Library as National Statistics Office (Philippines) (NSO) Information Center. The

Library houses the National Statistics Office (NSO) publications. Library Link, Based in the Filipinas Heritage Library,

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the seat of government and one of three defined metropolitan areas in ...

, is an electronic union catalogue of the Filipiniana Libraries of different schools and institution in the Philippines. It makes it possible for researchers to look for materials and identify their location using only one search facility. Membership of CPU took place on May 9, 2002. In February 1998. Central Philippine University signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)/Science and Education for Agriculture and Development (SEARCA) or

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture SEARCA or the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture is one of the oldest among 26 specialist institutions of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO). Founded on 27 November 1966, S ...

as one of the centers for information. In May 2000, the University started the library interconnection with

and

, and launched its Web-Online Public Access Catalog (Web-OPAC). The Academic Libraries Book Acquisition System Association, Inc. (ALBASA) facilitates information on new books by conducting Books Fairs & Seminar Workshops. It also facilitates orders for library supplies of member schools at lower prices. The CPU Library as one of the incorporating members, has been with ALBASA since the early 1970s.

Library Staff

At present the University Libraries are managed by the Director of Libraries, with professional librarians, Computer Technician and library secretary and more than 148 student assistants under the University Work-Study Services Program.

Library Services

The University Libraries serve its academic clientele through the Main Library and its departmental libraries. The three-storey Main Library houses the general circulation books, theology materials, serials, and the special collections. The Library maintains the following Special Collections:

Filipiniana Filipiniana, or originally Filipiñana, based on the definition by Isagani Medina from "Collection Building: Filipiniana", in his ''In Developing Special Library Collections, Filipiniana: Proceedings'' (November 1992), are Philippine-related bo ...

Collection, Meyer-Asian, Government Publications,

, and FAO publications,

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Panay Guerrilla Documents,

Studies Resource Center, Microforms, the Music Collection and University Archives (Centraliana) in the Henry Luce III Library; the Children's Literature and the curriculum Collection at the Women's Studies Collection and Seminar Extension in the Theology library; Elementary Library; and the Braille and the Vocational Collection at the High School Library. Access to INTERNET is available in the Cyber Library and CD-ROMs at the General Reference and Graduate Studies Section. The Library also offers Electronic mail (E-mail) services and online access to Health Research and Development Information Network (HERDIN), PCHRD, Department of Science and Technology, in

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

and SEAMEO in Los Baños, Laguna. Starting January 24, 2000 the Library users use the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) to search for 1980-1999 publications and in November 2000, library holdings below 1980's become accessible through OPAC. The University Libraries maintain its inter-library services with the school and the academic libraries in the region as well as with the other libraries in the country. It also maintains formal consortium on science materials with three universities in the city of

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

and on medical sciences with CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital, the university hospital of CPU. In August 2020, the library launched its online virtual assistant BERTHA, to cater its clients including university personnels, staffs, faculties, students and non-CPU alumni or guests.

World Bank-Knowledge Development Center Partnership

The

launched its 11th Knowledge for Development Center in the campus of

(CPU) in

Jaro, Iloilo City Jaro (; ) is a district of Iloilo City in the Philippine province of Iloilo on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Iloilo City's seven districts, with 130,700 people in the 2020 census ...

on September 26, 2008. The Knowledge for Development Centers (KDCs) are hubs for dialogue and research on development issues established by the

in key cities around the country in partnership with leading state and private universities. The ten other Knowledge for Development Centers (KDCs) are located in Mindanao (

University of Southeastern Philippines The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP); ceb, Kinatumhaan sa Habagatan Sidlakang Pilipinas, fil, Pamantasan ng Timog-Silangang Pilipinas) is a public, research, coeducational, regional state university based in Davao City, Davao del ...

in Davao, the

Western Mindanao State University }) is a state university located in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It has two campuses: the main campus of 79,000 square metres and 9,147 square metres in the city proper, and the satellite campus of 200,000 square metres in San Ramon about 20 kil ...

in Zamboanga, and the

Notre Dame University The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

in Cotabato), the Visayas (

in Dumaguete City and University of San Carlos in Cebu City), and Luzon ( Saint Paul University Philippines in Tuguegarao,

Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an international management school and research institution. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busines ...

in Makati,

Ateneo de Naga University , mottoeng = ''First, the Kingdom of God'' , type = Private Roman Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution , established = , founder = Society of ...

in Naga,

Palawan State University The Palawan State University also referred to by its acronym PSU is a public government-funded higher education institution in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It was established History The Palawan State University, the first state unive ...

in Puerto Princesa, and at the

Office in Pasig). Housed on the ground floor of CPU’s Henry Luce III Library, the Knowledge for Development Center offers the following services for free: *Participation in forums, discussions, and programs on development issues; *Access to development-related publications by well-known academic and development institutions; *Room use and online access to

project documents, publications and reports; *Internet access to development and research sites; *Webcam and videoconferencing; *A special collection of Compact Discs and videotapes on development issues; *Online access to the Global Jolis catalogue system that allows users to download some of the collections of around 60

Public Information Centers around the world; *Online access to the World Bank's e-Library, a subscription-based portal of over 3,000 World Bank publications and research papers; *Copies of selected

publications in the

. Also held at

on September 26 was a forum on building partnerships in the community and the

’s regional consultation on its next Country Assistance Strategy (CAS). Consultations for the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) are conducted by the

all over the country in order to obtain a wide range of perspectives and recommendations from government and other stakeholders, on the critical development challenges and the policy options and programs the Bank should pursue to address these challenges. The one-day workshop in

was attended by national and local government officials and representatives from non-government organizations (NGOs), peoples' organizations (POs), the academe, trade unions and the business sector from nearby areas in

Western Visayas Western Visayas ( hil, Kabisay-an Nakatundan; tl, Kanlurang Kabisayaan or ''Kanlurang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras ...

. The

prepares a Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) document for the

every three or four years. The current Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the

, with the theme Supporting Islands of Good Governance, originally covered the period 2006-2008 but was extended up to June 2009. The next Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), which will govern the Bank's lending and non-lending programs and services for the period July 2009 to June 2012, will be submitted to the WB Board of Executive Directors early in 2009 for discussion.

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