Automatic connection to server for iTunes

Hi there,
I sometimes like to connect to my main iTunes Library on my G4 server, so I can manipulate and edit my library from a remote machine. I can do this okay, so long as I am already connected to the remote server via AFP.
What I would like to know is, as with Time Machine, is there any way I can make iTunes automatically connect to the server drive on startup? This would save me having to connect to my network volume first each time before launching iTunes.
Any clues?
Thanks!

That's a neat solution, thanks for the idea!
I was considering writing an Automator script to connect to the server when I launch iTunes, but yours is a nice idea too. Unfortunately I do tend to keep my machine in sleep for long periods of time, so if I have already ejected the server then I'd have to reconnect.
I guess the ultimate solution would be to have a script a-la Time Machine for using sparse diskimages... But since that's built into Time Machine I guess it's not possible!

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