Web galleries, albums, titles and ratings vanishing. Database corruption?

Hello!
I'm using iPhoto '08, as included with my MBP. The library was originally used with iLife '06, and before that, iLife '05. It's around 11 GB, with about 6400 pics and videos, and I have about half a dozen web galleries and about two dozen albums.
I usually don't give titles to photos individually, but rather the roll/event when imported. The photos I put in an album or upload to my Web Gallery, however, I give a more detailed title and comments.
Last night, I went though my photos, organizing my library and deleting many of the bad-pics I took yesterday. I created three web galleries, each with about 50 photos with custom titles. Today, all three galleries are missing from iPhoto (they did publish without difficulty, however), those that are there are missing photos, and about half of the titles are missing! Many ratings have disappeared too.
What's going on? I'm noticing it clearly with the web galleries, but that's probably because that was what I spent the most time on - titles are missing all over the place. Is it a corrupted library database? If so, how do I fix this - and can I do so and keep my albums, galleries, and titles?
Thanks,
-Dan

Dan
Start with a rebuild:
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
Regards
TD

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