Two users on iMac, one iTunes library

My husband and I set up ourselves as separate users on our iMac. We use the same Apple ID (his) for iTunes.
I was able to transfer our iTunes library from our old PC onto our iMac and into my user side, but my husband cannot see our iTunes library on his user side.
1. How do we share the iTunes library so that both users can see and use it?
2. If #1 is possible, will future purchases from iTunes show up in both user libraries?
Thank you.

There's really no "good" way to have two accounts using the same physical library. The only fully tranparent way would be to make two separate copies, and turn on auto-download on both (even this might have problems). I assume you don't want to do this.
One kinda, sorta solution would be for you to leave your account logged in and turn on Home Sharing. He would then be able to see all the content. If you had auto download turned on, any purchases he made would be downloaded to your account, but would also be in his (although he could remove them).
Otherwise...
1. Make sure your permissions are set so you husband can see your directory on the computer (let me know if you need instructions on how to do this). From your husband's account, start iTunes and go to iTunes->Preferences->Advanced and DESELECT the "Copy files..." option. Then from the Finder, navigate from his account to yours- usually under Macintosh HD/Users/(your name). Navigate down to Music and drag the iTunes subfolder into the Library area of his iTunes. Your entire library will now show up in his Library, but the files will remain physically in yours.
2. There's no good way to do this. If you purchase new music, he will have to drag it into his library for it to appear.

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