Splitting and 80 GB Library?

Hi All.
I have an iPhoto Library that is 80 GB and I'd like to try and manage it a little better in Aperture. I'm a not a photo professional and I'm a new mac user and I'd be grateful for tips and suggestions and walk throughs on how to do this.
I can see splitting some of these off into separate libraries as soon as I get them organized and would love to get a little guidance.
Thanks,
Jon
Background: I had a bit of a battle getting things organized when they came over from my PC because they were not organized in any coherent way on the PC (multiple duplicates and placed basically wherever I was using them) and I had to basically create my own Events by moving "like with like" so that architecture, sculpture, travel, research etc, etcetera were in separate Events.
Then I created Albums for separate projects.
Now I am having a bit of a time figuring out how to handle new Events since these will contain sculpture, architecture , travel etcetera but may not necessarily get moved to the sculpture folder...

No way to open two Aperture libraries at once.
You will need to export the images from one library and import them into the other. You can either export projects or folders. If you are exporting projects see *File->Export->Project as New Library*. If you are exporting folders the command changes to *Folders as New Library*.
Once you've exported from the one library switch to the other and run File->Import->Library.
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