>The library object *is* the first thing being loaded. I was wondering if I could save myself a few steps during future development by only loading one custom object which, in turn, would load other library objects, too. However, it appears that each object needs to be loaded separately, if it will be depending on the contents of a previous object.

You may take it the reverse way. See what you need loaded in order to be able to load the first object. Then, instantiate this object (or those objects) prior to this step.