Smart album from different libraries

Hi everyone,
I have a some different iPhoto libraries, one for each trip I made.
In every library I created flagged photos album.
Now I'd like to sync these flagged photos album to my iPad.
How can I do that? iTunes makes me sync one library at a time, and every time I sync a new library, it deletes photos on Ipad!
Thanks!
Alberto

Well that's just one of the reasons why multiple libraries are very inconvenient.
Why would you create a different Library for each trip? iPhoto 11 can have up to 1,000,000 in any one library. I separate trip out by year and then album.
So, simply you can't do what you want. Your iPad will only sync with one library at a time.
If you have Aperture 3.3 or later and iPhoto 9.3 or later you can merge libraries with Aperture.
Otherwise the only way to merge Libraries is with the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager

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When you did the burn did you select just the Smart Album icon in the left hand pane before using the Share ➙ Burn menu option? What version of iPhoto are you running?
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