The library area for Planet Norma was split into a few segments, including the history of the planet, the government, cultures, geographic and various races. There was a lot of content, not just detailing the current races, but even some ancient and extinct ones.
Understanding one's foes was the first step to defeating them.
Xiao Lin felt like the library was built with that in mind as well. The colonists had limited influence on Planet Norma, and they would never outnumber the natives. Being able to get so many territories and powers in just a short two hundred odd years required a very firm understanding of their enemies.
Some of the books were written by themselves, but those were fewer in number. Most of the books were translated from Planet Norma's own literature. Almost every academy had a team of linguistic specialists in charge of translations.