Do I need to keep my original photos after iPhoto imported them?

I am new to Mac so I am not sure how iPhoto handles the photos that have been imported. I assumed it was like iTunes, however I see that my iPhoto Library file is about 20 gigs, which is about the same size of all my photos.
Did it duplicate my photos and put them in the iPhoto Library?
Do I need to keep the originals?
This just seems a little odd to me if it duplicated all my files. I am now using 40 gigs of space instead of 20.
The reason for my question is I am trying to setup a second user and share the photos on each account. iTunes was no problem, just put it in the shared folder and pointed each user settings to it, but everything I read about iPhoto sharing makes it sound a lot more difficult.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198

What are the advantages / disadvantages to running a managed library or not?
You really, really want to use a Managed Library.
1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
4. Because iPhoto has no tools for managing Referenced Files, if, for some reason, the path to the photos changes then you could find yourself resolving aliases for +each photo in the Library+ one by one.
My own opinion:
I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers
Regards
TD

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