Can I share ONLY music between users on iTunes

Hi, i'm creating an account on my Mac for my niece who has just got her own iPhone.
It will be registered to her iCloud account with her own photos, Mail, Mac & iOS apps, files, etc. But I have a large music library that I want to share with her.
Now I want to keep everything else separate e.g. Books, apps, Audiobooks, etc. Is this possible? And if so, how??
Thanks!
P.S. I'm running OSX Mavericks but will soon be updating to Yosemite once available.

Yosemite may have new sharing features about which I do not know.  iOS8 preview has a lot of new sharing things.
Not sure what exactly is possible with Home Sharing.
iTunes: How to share music and video - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688 - about Music Sharing and Home Sharing
Home Sharing Support page - http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
Understanding Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
iOS8 preview - http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/family-sharing/ -family sharing
iTunes Home Sharing now works between users on same computer - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3865597
If none of the above work you can set it up so only music is in a shared folder and the rest is in your specific user account.  That will be somewhat involved so it is better if one of the above methods works.

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