None of the photos show up when I "Switch to Library"

I am trying to figure out what's wrong with my friend's iPhoto library. She has the multiple libraries stored on an external hard drive. The reason she has multiple libraries is because that is what the people at the Apple Store did to try to fix the problem but that didn't work. Anyway, I go to "Switch Library" and select the Library I want, which is about 71 GB, and iPhoto has to relaunch. After relaunching, it tells me I need to upgrade the library, so I click upgrade and iPhoto does its thing. Then it says I need to repair the permissions, so I hit repair, but when it finishes, there is nothing shown on the screen and it seems to think there is nothing in the library, when I know there are definitely pictures in there because I viewed the package contents and found the original JPEG files.
I don't want to just reimport all the files because she put a lot of work into some projects and would like them back. What is going on here?

what format is the external drive? How is it connected?
The drive must be formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) - if it is try Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
Note that multiple libraries is not necessary and is generally a bad idea.
LN

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