How to transfer an iPhoto 6 library to a new iMac with Lion OS?

I'm upgrading from an old iMac with OS 10.3.9 to last year's iMac and want to make sure I transfer my photo library correctly without creating any conflicts between the new and old versions of iPhoto. I've moved my photo library to an external hard drive and from there I want to move the photo library to the new iMac. Is it as simple as dragging and dropping? I want to make sure that when I open my photo library on the new computer, it doesn't have every single version of every photo in the library. That happened to me once before.
I've already checked, I CANNOT use Migration Assistant to accomplish this task, nor do I want to.
Thanks.

To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine. Yes, drag and drop will do this.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.
I want to make sure that when I open my photo library on the new computer, it doesn't have every single version of every photo in the library.
That's because you imported one Library to another.

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