Mandatory CPD and professional revalidation schemes and their role in motivating and re-energising information professionals: The UK and New Zealand experiences.

Abstract

This paper explores issues in relation to the contribution and importance of mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) in re-energising and motivating the information profession. Set within the context of developing our understanding of the concept of professionalism for the contemporary information profession, the mandatory schemes offered by professional associations in the UK and New Zealand are compared and contrasted, and an assessment made of their pros and cons in this regard.