Can two people w/ diff music tastes use iTunes on one computer

Probably a dumb question but forgive me in advance --
I have my iTunes on my computer to fill my iPod Shuffle. A friend is staying with me this summer and wants to fill her iPod Shuffle with some new music, using my computer. And we do NOT like the same music. How do we do this without her stuff contaminating my iTunes library?

Separate user accounts.

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