Dividing an enormous library into smaller ones

My iTunes library is 650GB and growing. (all my own CDs but going the modern route). I think it's beginning to be a problem when loading as a shared library and also with iPhone's SimplifyMedia gathering it's information.
I'm thinking of separating out to genre specific individual libraries. I can call up a specific genre; opera, for example - but then what do I do to make that a separate library?
Another useful answer might be: is it detrimental in other ways, other than time to load, to maintain one library that large? (these are Apple Lossless quality)
much appreciation in advance. Thanks.
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If you need everything to be sequenced as a single video, you
can load the video using netStream, set the buffer time, and allow
Flash to stream the video. You "could" place 2 loader components on
the stage with instance names of cpLoader1 and cpLoader2, have the
first part of the video load into cpLoader1 while making
cpLoader2._visible=false. After the first part of the video has
completely loaded into Flash, you can begin the loading of the 2nd
part of the video into cpLoader2. Since it's invisible right now,
nothing will show. Use script to determine when playback on the
first video is complete, make cpLoader2._visible=true, then start
playing video 2 while making cpLoader1._visible=false. After video
2 has completely loaded, begin loading the 3rd part of the video
into cpLoader1, and so on. By doing this, you may experience a
little jump in between the end of a video and the beginning of
another, but this really can't be helped because you are relying on
Flash to seamlessly end and begin videos within 1 frame.
Search in Flash's help files or look online for more on
netStream.

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