Photo Library Question

I'm confused about the photo library. I have a folder on my drive just called Pictures and when I tell Itunes to use this folder and sync it to my iPhone I end up with another folder called Photo Library with the same pictures? And no matter what I do I can't delete those folders.
Thanks

@Kasen, Looks like everyone is having same problem.
I hope they fix this bug soon.
@Roaminggnome, this is not how "Apple handles photos".
If you load a photo to iPhoto, it will sit in the generic library.
You can then create albums, which like iTunes playlists are essentially just "shortcuts" to the original file in the library.
This bug with the iPhone album in ios 5 is different.
In iPhoto, the albums depends on what is available in the library.
In ios 5, the library depends on what is available in the album.
In ios 5:
If you create an album called "test 1" in iPhoto, and sync "test 1" to iPhone throu iTunes, you will see a "test 1" album in iPhone along with all the identicle photos in "test 1" in "photo library".
If you then create an album "test 2" on your iPhone, and copy all photos from "photo library " to "test 2", you will now have 3 folders on iPhone displaying all the same photos.
If you then go back to iTunes and uncheck the original option to sync "test 1", and resync your phone, you will end up with an empty "test 2" album on your iPhone and nothing else, photo library gone included.

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