If i delete mp3s off my harddrive will they stay in my itunes library?

i need more space on my comp and i want to delete the original versions of my mp3's.is it possible to do this without the songs dsappearing from my itunes library?

No, no, no.
Buy an external hard drive. The itunes library file can hold pointers to the external drive. My C drive ran out of space, too.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
You leave the iTunes program on your C drive, but the actual mp3s are on the external HD.

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