How to make a 2nd, new Photo Library the default on open

well, we've now reached 15,000 picts on my iPhoto and you know what that means.
I read MISSING MANUAL (pogue) and now how, with option-boot up, to create a new photo library. Very cool.
HOWEVER: I wish this new library to be the default library when I open up iPHoto 5.
How do do?
JON

JON,
iPhoto opens the most recently used library by default. So all you have to do is create the new library. When you Quit iPhoto, it will be set to open that library the next time you launch. If you want to open a different library, you will have to Option-Launch to select it.
Also, you might like to check out iPhoto Library Manager. It facilitates switching among iPhoto libraries. Plus, it allows you to transfer rolls and albums between libraries while preserving the keywords, ratings, titles, and other database information.
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