Move two iTunes accounts onto one computer and keep them separate?

I recently got a new mac os x lion and I need to put my families iTunes library on it. the problem is that one separate account is on a computer, and the other separate account is on an external hard drive. I need both different accounts on one computer and continue to be separate. Im hoping to be able to log in and out of my own account without disturbing the other one. Thanks in advance for the help!

Why don't you create a username (at OS level) for each one of the users?  You can then import the contents of each one of the accounts you mention into the appropriate iTunes.
Jorge...

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