IPhoto is unable to open this library

When I try to open my iPhoto library, I get the following message:
"The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto."
I click "Upgrade" and then get the following error message:
"iPhoto is unable to open this library."
I am using iPhoto 9.2.1, Mac OS 10.7.2, on an old iMac 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM. My photos are stored on a Western Digital My World Book 2 network drive. Multiple computers have accessed this iPhoto library over my home network with no issues.
This problem just developed this week. I take all the software updates as they come along, but don't think anything was updated within the past 3 weeks.
Thanks in advance,
Mark

Larry,
The problem seems isolated to one computer. I am still able to access my iPhoto library from a second computer. Do you know how I can force iPhoto look to a different library file? I have tried holding down the Control key while launching iPhoto, but it doesn't seem to work for this.
Also, I have been able to use the WD drives with my iPhoto library. The "My World Book 2" has always supported my iPhoto library. I have a larger WD ShareSpace that recently got a firmware upgrade to support the Mac OS extended (journaled) format. They call it Hierarchical File System + Journaled (HFS+J).
Thanks for your help!
Mark

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