Exclamation point appearing beside songs after the latest itunes update.

Good Afternoon,
After the latest Itunes update songs in my the majority of my songs in library now have an ! beside them.
The songs in question appear to be ones that I have brought over from my older devices (downloaded from CDs), I know how to transfer music from my I-pod to I-Tunes and I have had to do this is in the past when I got a new PC however I don't want to go through the process of re-transferring these songs from my ipod back to my itunes again.
However If I have to go through this process again is there a way to cement these songs into my I tunes library and will not disappear again after the next update?
Thanks

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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I see you are experiencing issues syncing your iOS device. Here are a couple articles that I would recommend going through when experiencing this issue.
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