How do I remove music from my itunes library but keep it on my ipod

I am trying to download my cds onto my ipod.  I imported them into the itunes library and synced them onto my ipod but when I deleted them from my itunes library, they were deleted from my ipod.  Is there a way to download the music onto my ipod, remove the music from my itunes but not lose it on my ipod?  I share the computer with my wife and we don't want don't want each other's music on our ipods.

Make sure the iPod is NOT connected to your computer when you delete songs from iTunes.

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