How Do I Share iTunes with 2 Macs?

Here is my setup:
iMac G5 & Macbook
AEBSn with a 500GB LaCie drive hooked up
I have always had my iTunes on my iMac, but now that I have a Macbook I would like to share the library between the two. Basically making the library editable by both computers. Not sure if that is even possible.
I don't just want iTunes to seek the iTunes Music folder - but the entire iTunes folder (Music folder, Album Artwork folder, Database file, and XML file).
Is this possible and if so how?

iTunes 7 provides this method.
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
The only limitation is that only one user can operate on a given iTunes Library file at a time.
I'm glad Keith told us about Tune Ranger, an application whose time has come. If you want multiple users to be able to edit their library files and then sync their libraries with each other, this looks very useful. However, you might not need it.

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