Need to merge 2 user accounts in iTunes

I hope I am posting in the right area. I am having problems with my computer and I need to delete one of my user accounts. There are seperate iTunes on each account that I need to try to merge onto one user account and I have no idea how to do it. We have tried to do this before so that all the songs will be in one area but could not figure out how to do it and have to log into seperate accounts to access all songs. Can someone please help??
Thanks

I don't think you can merge 2 itunes libraries, but you can certainly move all music files into a common folder.
In the account you are getting ready to delete, you'll need to run the itunes consolidate command.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
Set the itunes media folder location to something like C:/Media

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