Photo library and iphone pictures

I have an Iphone 3gs.
The problem is in Photos.
I should be showing the following
Camera roll
Photo stream
Iphone Pictures
And I am
But I am also showing
Photo Library
Which is a Duplicate of Iphone Pictures
When I go into Itunes to the "select photos from" menu and pick "Iphone Pictures",
Itunes will duplicate the Iphone Pictures album with one called "Photo Library".
When I look on my PC I find Iphone Pictures but do not find "Photo Library".
When I move the Iphone Pictures album to a different directory and replace it with a new
one, the Photo library goes away. Then I try to copy and paste the photos to the new
"Iphone Pictures" folder and resync. The Photo Library comes back as a duplicate again.
This is frustrating.
Please Help

This is the way Apple handles photos on the iphone. it is normal and is correct.
Just as a book can be in the library and in the fiction section, a pic can be accessed from the folder you sync and the photo library. There are noe two copies, simply two places from which to access the same photo.
If you add several folders/albums, then all pics can be accessed from photo library, and the same photos can be accessed from their respective folders.

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