My library intermittently disappears then, when I add the folder back, the song titles are duplicated requiring me to delete the duplicates

My library is located on an external HD.  For unknown reasons, I fire up ITunes and find my library "gone" from iTunes.  I select the folder again to re-attach to iTunes and it loads but now many (but not all the titles) are duplicated - my library is ~3K songs collected over yrs so this gets pretty tedious.

Sony VIAO by any chance? The vanishing iTunes library effect can be caused by a number of third party tools, e.g. media managers or anti-virus, but VAIO is notorious for this problem.
You should be able to update the offending product or get it to exclude the iTunes folder from its scans so that it no longer causes problems. However the best defense against disaster is a robust backup strategy.
I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove your unwanted duplicates. See this  thread for background.
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