Is there a way to share iTunes music between different users on same computer?

Just bought a new iMac and want to share my library with my wife on same computer. We have separate user profiles on the computer, but don't want to have to import entire 200gb library twice onto the same machine. Is there a way to get her profile to see my music on the same computer?
Thanks for any help!

Check out Terrence Devlin's replies (he posted two separate good ones) to this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3250415?start=0&tstart=0

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