Duplicate library to another computer; sync iPhone

Hi,
Because I've worked in the IT world for 25+ years, I've become the go-to guy for many of my friends and family, when they have ANY computer related question. This is the situation that I'm facing now.
My nephew has an iMac that contains his entire iTunes library, and this is the computer that he syncs his iPhone to, for all of his apps and music. He's now heading off to college, and has a brand new MacBook Air, and will be bring that computer to school. He'd like to transfer his iTunes library from his iMac to the MacBook Air, and continue to sync his iPhone to this computer, without having to initialize his iPhone because he's syncing to a new computer.
Can this be done? If so, how? What's the best way to accomplish what he's wanting to do?
My guess is that he can, but I have no idea how to accomplish this.
Thanks,
Jeff

He can use Migration Assistant on his new Mac to copy his user account from old computer to new Mac then use that computer login account.
Everything will be as it was on the old computer. iPhone will sync just fine.
-> How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac

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