Access iTunes on all accounts on same iMac

I have a 300gb library of movies and music.  I would like to allow all three accounts on my iMac to access this content as well as my appleTV rather than have an identical library in each account.  How do I complete this...?

move the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music or media folder) to a public (shared) folder on your Mac. then, on each user account, launch iTunes while holding the option (⌥) key, click on choose library when prompted, and select the iTunes folder you copied to the shared folder.
new additions to the library will be instantly available to the other user accounts but only one instance of iTunes can access the library at any given time. so, if you're using fast user switching, user A must quit iTunes before user B can fire up iTunes.

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