The document summarizes key points from the Christie Commission report on improving public services in Scotland. The report calls for public services to be more focused on people and communities, work together across organizations to achieve outcomes, prioritize prevention to reduce inequalities, and improve performance and reduce costs. It recommends greater community engagement, empowering individuals, and focusing on outcomes rather than organizational boundaries. This could mean libraries needing to reinvent services to collaborate more, focus on prevention and community assets, and demonstrate value through outcomes.

1. Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals in Scotland Annual Conference, 12 October 2011 Alex Linkston LIBRARY SERVICES – REINVENT OR FADE AWAY LIBRARY SERVICES – RE-INVENT OR FADE AWAY

10. The Need for Change Long-term Fiscal Outlook (source: Scottish Government)

12. The future is not a place we are going but one we are creating… …The paths to it are not found but made… And the activity of making them changes both the makers and the destination. American Futurologist