Libraries and stuff

Hi ... I'm probably being dim but I can't quite get my head around the way this works ... for instance there's a Library in my system folder, another one in the root of the hard drive and yet another in my home folder and one in each of the three other users home folders ... all amounting to about 5gb. Are all these libraries needed... do they keep themselves synched ... indeed, do they need to ? Of course within this library folder are just as many duplications. Do I need to do any house-keeping can I get rid of any of them ... I'm really keen on keeping my computer 'tidy' but this just makes me confused ?
Thanks for your time
Roger

The apparent duplication is for the purpose of installing items that are accessible at each level by the appropriate user. As a user you can install your own screensavers that will only be usable by you. Screensavers installed at the system level can be used by all users on the system, but modified only by an admin user. Screensavers installed at the root level are also available to all users, but can only be modified by the root user. The same idea applies to all items for which their are duplicate folders (but not duplicate content.) For example, you can install fonts in your user fonts folder and only you will be able to access those fonts. If you have to move your system to another computer it's only necessary to move the user folder in order to preserve your setup. Backing up your user account folder is really all you need to do on a daily basis to protect your files. It isn't necessary to backup the entire hard drive other than when you do system updates.
This may seem "odd" for someone when you are the only user, but OS X was designed for multi-user environments, so its structure is oriented for that type of use. The different levels of access are necessary in a multi-user environment to protect the files of each user as well as preventing each user from having system-wide access.

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