A Knowledge for Development Center for Western Visayas, donated by the World Bank in consortium with the university was launched in 2008.

The Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings, listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register and housed at the Henry Luce III Library, are the first documentary heritage to receive such recognition outside Manila.

The CPU Library is a depository of United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations; a recipient of library materials from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the Population Council in New York City; the National Library of the Philippines in Manila, and Australian Center for Publication Acquired for Development (ACPAD), Population Information Network, and the International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines; The Thomas Jefferson Information Center in Manila, and the United States Information Agency are regular library donors for the CPU - American Studies Resource Center (ASRC).

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 as one of the centers for information.

The three-storey Main Library houses the general circulation books, theology materials, serials, and the special collections.

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, Metro Manila and SEAMEO in Los Baños, Laguna.

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.

The World Bank launched its 11th Knowledge for Development Center in the campus of Central Philippine University (CPU) in Jaro, Iloilo City on September 26, 2008.

Housed on the ground floor of CPU’s Henry Luce III Library, the Knowledge for Development Center offers the following services for free: Also held at Central Philippine University on September 26 was a forum on building partnerships in the community and the World Bank’s regional consultation on its next Country Assistance Strategy (CAS).

Consultations for the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) are conducted by the World Bank 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 current Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the Philippines, 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.