The 20,300-square-foot Valley Hi-North Laguna Library features such amenities as:
-A browsing area with newly-released books, CDs, and DVDs
-Separate children’s and teen reading areas
-Fiction and non-fiction collection and reading areas
-A magazine area
-Public computers with Internet and word processing
-A Friends of the Valley Hi-North Laguna Library sale area
-A community meeting room which can accommodate as many as 100 people
-Food court for refreshments and socializing
-Three study/tutoring rooms
-Self-check out machines for library books and other materials

The City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Public Library are committed to making their libraries “green buildings” that are beautiful, functional, and high performing. Noll & Tam Architects led the project team in the environmental design of the new, high-performance, Valley Hi-North Laguna Library to have it achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold-level certification.