Full Access To iTunes Library w/o Main Computer on?

I have scoured through previous posts.  From every indication, this doesn't seem possible but I wanted to confirm before I look for other options. 
My primary iTunes library is located on my iMac in my home office. I'm fully aware that I can share this library across multiple devices using Home Sharing.  The only issue I have with this is that I find myself using my MB Air more and more and from time to time would like to edit existing media in my iTunes library such as retagging some songs and/or add new music via purchases I make.
Unfortunately, it seems all of this has to be done through the primary machine which in this case is my iMac.  I know I can add songs to my library by dumping them into the folder "Automatically Add To iTunes", but then I cannot edit any of the mp3 tags from my MB Air.
Is there no way to have a fully accessible iTunes Library with full priviledges from any Apple machine?  What if I have a Time Capsule, can I store all the media on there instead? or what about a USB drive attached to the Time Capsule?
Curious what other options are feasible.
Thanks

Presuming it's not an iPod shuffle, this should help:
Using iPod with multiple computers
If it is an iPod shuffle, then you cannot connect it to more than one computer without deleting everything on the iPod. With a shuffle, you'll have to transfer the songs you want from your wife's computer to yours and then sync to your shuffle.
Hope this helps.

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