The new $10.5-million Valley Hi North Laguna Library in Sacramento, designed to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s standards for LEED gold certification, boasts a 70,000-volume collection within its 20,000-sq-ft floorplan and a number of special features including a browsing area with newly-released books, CDs, and DVDs; separate children’s and teen reading areas; fiction and nonfiction collections and reading areas; a magazine area; more than 70 computers for public use; an area for book sales; a community meeting room that can accommodate as many as 100 people; a food court for refreshments and socializing; three study/tutoring rooms; a special “quiet” reading room; and self check-out machines for books and other materials.