Keywords don't import

OK - I have updated to iPhoto '08 - but I don't have any keywords showing up from my old library on the photos, and the keyword list from the old iPhoto is not there. When I import, the data file cannot be copied, obviously because they are not photo files. How do I get my huge 5 year photo library that is already on iPhoto 08 to have the keywords with them?

OK - I have done what you told me - exported the new to the desktop folders. Chose the old library when I started iPhoto. Said, after examining the library for a few moments that it was going to have to be updated. No other iPhoto would be able to read this after, and update may take several minutes depending on size of the library...... OK so I clicked update. Few moments later it said there was approximately 3 hours left, then 2 then 1 then it has gotten hung up and froze twice since then. Once at 54 minutes left and once at 55 minutes left if that has any bearing on the problem at all. This is what I ran into the first time around, so I tried importing them and all worked but the keywords. Any thoughts on this problem?
They are on my hard drive, not on an external drive, FYI. ANd I probably should have said 'hangs' and not crashes. It just sits there endlessly with 54/55 minutes left with the beach ball spinning around. When I open the force quit - it says that iPhoto is not responding.
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