Visiting a Chinese library (in Prague...)

I went to the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Precisely, to their library, to the Chinese one. You know, not a lot of resources on Chinese to be found here in Prague...Oh sure, Internet is nice, yet I was also seeking for a guidance - what should I read??? How should I learn Chinese (as a non-Sinology student...).
Apparently, the few librarians in there don't have too many visits from "outsiders". And so, I was treated with all the ceremony, the appropriate Chinese book was chosen for me; I also got an interesting idea on how to get to touch with some Chinese in Prague - to my great astonishment, there are Chinese Bohemists (as in 'Sinologists', just the language being different) in Prague!! Of course, if Sinology students from Prague go to internships to Chinese universities, it should be the other way round as well, shouldn't it. But still, an idea of a Chinese student with a major in the Czech language??? Hard to believe. Never mind, I was hinted that these people would definitely be willing to have a chat with a Czech person :D
Oh, and I have (borrowed) a pretty little Chinese book on Chinese myths - seems even I may be able to read without much difficulty (as opposed, for example, to the writings of 鲁迅, after whom the library is named (when browsing the books, it almost seemed as if the library was named after him just because he was the most frequent writer in there).
By the way, I was told that there are a lot of books even in English (and not only about China, also about other areas of interest for the Oriental Institute - a large part of Asia) and on normal topics (seemed like there was also a lot of encyclopedia-like ones).


Note: in fact, I have read, that 鲁迅 actually wrote very accessible books - at least considering his epoch.