I can't import my library anymore?

In the past, whenever itunes got screwed up and couldn't find my library (or whatnot) I was always able to import my library file and it went back to normal. Well, yesterday I had to do some work on my computer and for some reason iTunes wasn't recognizing the folder I had all of my music in. My entire library looked the same, but everything could not be "found" when I clicked on it to play. I went to change my music folder location to the right place, but it didn't make the songs playable.
In past versions of iTunes you were able to import a library file and then sync it up with the music you had for it. However, I can't seem to find that option in the newest version of iTunes.
Am I just missing something? Does anyone know how I can get iTunes to recognize my music folder again before I have to start from scratch?

Hi Linc
Everything is as it should be regards to sharing prefs etc but nothing is showing up. I tried using homeshare but it produces a (-3150) error on the clients when I try to enable Homeshare on them. The Shared Library does show in the drop down menu on the left but when I try to connect to it, it just hangs and then stops. I just don't think Mavericks works with Bonjour very well. The computers can 'see' each other, and the client knows that there is a shared library, but they cannot connect to each other.

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