Separating library into mp3 and lossless libraries?

I have imported most of my music into iTunes using lossless format, but have been making mp3 copies of some of my music to place on my ipod. This is not ideal, because, for example, when picking songs to play the genius function will often pick the mp3 version over the lossless version. I would like to separate out the lossless music I play at home and the mp3 music I sync to my ipod, and I think the best way to do that is to have separate iTunes music libraries (correct me if I'm wrong).
At first I thought I could simply duplicate my music folder, and use the find command to delete all of the mp3 files. But after reading Apple's instructions on how to use multiple ipods on one computer (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495?viewlocale=en_US), I think it might be better to simply have two libraries.
I don't quite understand how this works, but I think it means that I would have two libraries sharing the same iTunes Music folder, and I wouldn't have to remove the mp3 files in the finder.
But I still do not know a good way to do this, and would like suggestions. For my iPod library, I want a copy of my current library, but with all the lossless music deleted. I think this is not too hard; I could simply do a search for 'mpeg' and delete all of those songs.
For my home listening, I would like to find a way to delete the mp3 files that also have lossless files; if I only have a mp3 copy, I would like to keep that. I could do this manually by showing duplicates, but I have a lot of music and this would take forever.
Any suggestions would be appreciated,
Ric

OK - this is how you could do it. using Smart playlists.
But first, convert all the lossless tracks you want on your iPod to AAC (and perhaps use a bitrate that you don't have other tracks in? An unusual one, say 160 or 192).
Create a Smart Playlist with criterion Kind = AAC (if all your non-lossless tracks are MP3 as you say), or bitrate = 160 (192, or whatever), if you already have both AAC and MP3. OR if this will get too confusing, Date Added = (less than 2 weeks, say). You'll think of something that works for you, I'm sure.
Manually manage your iPod (not sync) and drag the contents of the Smart playlist to your iPod. Then delete the tracks from your Mac while keeping the playlist. In future, any tracks you convert for iPod will be in that playlist, from where you can drag them over to the iPod and then delete them off your Mac.
This sounds much more complicated to explain than it would be in practice.

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