My iPod touch 2nd gen. won't show up on my iTunes but it shows up on my computer

I have a 2nd Generation iPod Touch and I havent loaded songs for it or updated its software in a long time and I tried to do that today and my iPod won't show up on iTunes, but it shows on my computer. Any suggestions?

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