How Can I Make My Music Library Portable ?

Hello all,
My life is complicated. For the next several months I will be living at different places and using other people's pcs since I cannot carry mine with me to each place. Lets assume that I can download iTunes on each of these PCs and that their owners don't own ipods !!!
My music library currently exists on an external hard drive in an enclosure. So thats portable. But the question is will iTunes recognize my music on different computers ? And of course I want to be able to add to my library at each dwelling.
A related question is can I charge my iPod on different computers ? I don't have the AC charger.
thanks in advance for help and comments !!!
Generic P4 3.4 Ghz   Windows XP Pro   Video iPod 30GB
Generic P4 3.4 Ghz   Windows XP Pro   Video iPod 30GB

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