Multiple logins sharing music folder, but not Library

I recently bought a new iMac for me and my wife. Our last one we shared the login, but now we each want our seperate logins, but we listen to the same music. We both buy our own CD's, but we always used to listen to them on the old iMac, and had the files transferred to both of our iPods. But under seperate logins, there are issues.
The problem happens when one person imports a CD, the other persons Library doesn't get updated, even if you are sharing the folder where the music goes.
This is also a problem becuase if a user imports a cd, another user can't put an image on the album art for that album.
Is there a way to choose where the Library file goes, or choose which one I want iTunes to use, rather than iTunes telling me what it wants to choose (by forcing one in my home folder).
I believe this may fix the problem, because Apple's solution of doing a quick logout really won't work for me. Neither me, nor my wife, want to log out of our own account to import music, then to have to go back to our own account and drag and drop files into the library to have them update.
I seem to be having this same problem with iPhoto, but that will go on another forum.
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks for the advice. That is actually something I have done as a work around. Though it is inconvenient for me to have to login to her space and import in her iTunes, it is easier for me to navigate around and do the harder stuff. Works so far.
I really hope some person involved in the development of iTunes can address this and let you choose where all the files go, not just the music files.

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