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a workflow that involves having a large unstructured library and a smaller structured library
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Just as a side comment, I don't understand the appeal of this procedure. I've got a strong preference for having all my books in a single library, as I'm a heavy user of the Content Server, and I need remote access to all my books, even if they aren't yet perfect. I realize that may not be important for many users.
However, even if I didn't need remote access, it's pretty easy to just add a tag "Finished" to books that would be in the "structured library" and then restrict out those books, or use that tag as part of a saved search whenever I wanted to only see the perfect books. (Or do it the opposite way, tag "Unfinished" - add that tag automatically to all Added books, and delete the tag when they are processed.)
There are lots of situations where I want to know whether I have a book. I'd hate to have to search in two separate libraries. Many times I'm trying to find it with only partial information and have to do several searches to be sure. I'd hate even more to make multiple searches in each library just to verify if I do or don't have the book.
The only good justification I've seen for multiple libraries is when you need different custom columns, and even there, it's not worth it for me if I have to lose remote access.
Still - different strokes and all that - but I'm interested in what advantage others see to having a perfect library and a separate imperfect one?