What is the "correct" way to point iTunes to an NAS disk for my music library

I have a 3.2ghz Core i5 Mac running OSX 10.9.2, iTunes 11.3.
My music library is over 600mb, taking up a very large portion of my hard drive. I have moved my music library to NAS in order to free up space. The "keep library organized" box is checked. Every time the computer loses connection with the NAS, it moves the location of the iTunes library back to the default.
There are several suggestions or "answers" in the communities, but I have not been able to get any of them to work. They all seem like workarounds. Is there a correct way to do this?
Thank you for the help.

Best is to keep the entire library on the NAS unless you have some pressing reason for not doing so. turingtest2 article: Make a split library portable - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392
If the NAS is disconnecting while iTunes is open that is something not built into the programming of iTunes and is a fundeamental problem of using a NAS with iTunes. Actually best is not to use a NAS. iTunes and NAS do not always play nicely together and a good number of problem posts on this forum with unrepairable broken links are from users of NAS. I know NAS owners do not like to hear this but a simple external drive is likely as far as iTunes can handle reliably. Some have gotten NAS to work but there isn't a magic solution.

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