IPhoto library selection menu lists library twice

Hello,
I am running iPhoto '11 9.3.2 on a MacBook Pro running 10.7.4. I moved a few iPhoto library folders from another laptop to my MacBook Pro Pictures folder this afternoon. Now, when I hold down the Option key and start iPhoto, the library selection menu lists one of the libraries I moved twice. Filepath shown for each listing is the same, but oddly one of them is in all CAPS. Choosing either one seems to open up the correct library, but having it listed twice worries me. Why is this happeing and how can I correct this? Please see my 3 screenshots below for clarification.
This screenshot shows the libraries in my Pictures folder. iPhoto Library Olive is only in the Pictures folder once. The filepath can be seen at the bottom of the screenshot as /Users/erin/Pictures/iPhoto Library Olive.
When I hold down the Option key and start photoshop, the above library selection menu pops up. Here, iPhoto Library Olive is listed twice. Filepath for the 1st iPhoto Library Olive selection shows /Users/erin/Pictures/IPHOTO LIBRARY OLIVE. I am not sure why the library name is in all caps here.
Above, I have selected the 2nd iPhoto Library Olive (default). The filepath reads /Users/erin/Pictures/iPhoto Library Olive. No caps in this iteration of the filepath.
What is the problem?
Thanks for any assistance.
- erin

Try the following: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
OT

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