I got a new iPod, can husband use my old one?

I recently upgraded to a 4th gen. iPod and my husband would like to use my 1st gen. iPod. I've done quite a bit of searching through the forums and haven't found an answer to my specific question- how do I disassociate the old, 1st gen. iPod from the iTunes library it's associate with? Based on what I have found, I'm thinking I need to 1. reset old iPod to factory settings then since my husband has different taste in music from me then 2. create separate iTunes library for each iPod, which I did already download that document. I tried to create the separate libraries, but then realized I need to change the settings on the first gen. iPod so that's why I'm thinking reset it to original settings. Of course, I'd like to be able to do all this without changing the library and settings on my new 4th gen. iPod.
If it matters, I'm a Windows user.
Other information I've used in the past from these forums has been helpful, so am hopeful someone can help me. Thanks in advance for any help!
--lizzieb75

deggie- thanks. We got his iPod restored and got his library set up. Now the problem I'm having is I did something to my library. It's now blank. I've been careful not to erase my iPod, but even when I plug it in, my library is blank. I tried following the directions for creating separate iTunes libraries for each iPod, but pretty sure I did something wrong, even though I followed the directions step by step.
What do I do now?

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