Can you transfer music from an ipod to a somewhat different iTunes library

I have an iTunes library...what happens if I plug an iPod into the computer that has some songs in the library already (from this same iPod), and some not?  Will they all copy? Will it delete the ones that are already there? Just don't want to lose the music on the iPod.
Thanks

The songs on the iPod will not copy over to the new/different iTunes library.  The sync process is only one way and that is from iTunes to the iPod.  The only exception to this are iTunes purchases which can be transferred from the iPod to iTunes by choosing File -> Transfer Purchases with the iPod plugged in and appearing in iTunes.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

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