How do i make my itunes library available to all users on one computer ?

i've got a family. a few kids and one itunes library. i am the only one who can buy stuff (as i assume its impossible to keep on library in synch with multiple owners ??) - but what i want to do is have the library available to all the kids - that way they can sign in as themselves and not keep signing in as me everytime they want to synch their ipods etc. is there a way to do this ? thanks so much.

Move the Library to Users/Shared.
Point each user to the new location:
iTunes > Preferences > Advanced > General > iTunes Music folder location > Change.

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