Upgrading to 6 and moving several libraries in

Hi,
OK, here's my situation. I have several iPhoto libraries on my old iBook that I have copied to my new iMac. I have been reluctant to import them into iPhoto 6. I'd like to do it once, and have everything work perfectly-that's what Macs are all about, right?
So, I have a couple of libraries, and I have several folders of jpegs, not in iPhoto libraries.Some of the pics are duplicated in several libraries. How can I import them all into iPhoto and maintain the library information- keywords, etc.
Is there anything I should look out for? It seems straight forward, but then again, so did moving images out of iPhoto from the finder when I did that 2 years ago- before all the warnings about playing in the finder.
thanks in advance

Richard, If the library you are using now has a few photos in it you might want to File/export those to a folder on the desktop and import them into the main library after the big libraries are merged..
Now holding down the Option key launch iPhoto and keep the Option key held down until you get a message window. In that window click the button to open another library. Take a look at the screenshots to get a better idea.
When you launch iPhoto holding down the Option key this is the window you will get.
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library if that is what you want to do, or choose a library to open by clicking the "choose" button.
If you click the "create library" iPhoto will open with a brand new library for you to import images to. If you click "choose" then you will get this window.
Open library
Navigate to where the library is on your computer, highlight it, then clcik the "open" button.
So basically you want to upgrade each library to version 6 first. Make sure the upgrade on each goes fine and you can see and work with the photos.
As each library is upgraded, go through the library and make sure your photos are organized and in albums. To find stray photos that are not in albums make a smart album whose conditions are "album" "is not" "any". Make an album with those photos.
Decide which library you want to be the main library to merge the others into.
I found that iPhoto library manager is pretty good at detecting duplicates, but your milage might vary.

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