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Neal Chan is a specialty/boutique web publisher operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia. As Neal Chan & Associates, he is the owner of the NetPac.com specialty since 1995.

NetPac.com builds professional, cost effective, findable web sites and web promotions for small specialty retail, manufacturing, professionals and community projects. NetPac web publisher, noted for the Provenance magazine/search engine optimizes findable web site marketing for libraries and retail professional manufacturer sites in the Vancouver-Asia-Pacific region, 四個為什麼. It is located at #503 - 6455 Willingdon Ave Burnaby BC V5H 4E4 Canada 1-604/ 431-3812. netpac@bc1.com http://www.netpac.com/

Neal holds a BA from the University of Victoria and a MSW from Wilfred Laurier University with additional course work in a Library Technician Diploma at Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Before becoming a web publisher, Chan worked as a Staff Development Coordinator and Staff Training Program Developer, Provincial Ministry of Human Resources in such locales as British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, North Shore, North Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Moody, and Maple Ridge Regional and District Social Welfare. At the Rehabilitation and Adult Mentally Handicapped Service, he worked with social workers, family support/child care workers and administrative support staff. All of these occupational experience occurred between 1978 and 1984.

Selected Web Publishing Experience and Achievements

At Provenance.ca for librarians, archivists, and information professionals, Neal was the founding web publisher 1995- 2010. http://www.provenance.ca/

NetPac.com in 1995 was the original home of Provenance the web magazine for librarians, archivists, and information professionals. Neal and his informal group of associates included librarians, library technicians, published writers, illustrators, etc. They have since used NetPac.com as a service promoting the "findability" of a wide range of specialty/boutique web sites and services. http://www.netpac.com/provenance/

Provenance is catalogued at the State Library, New South Wales, Australia. http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S1?/tProtestant+observator%2C+or%2C+Democritus+flens+in+a+/tprotestant+observator+or+democritus+flens+in+a+dialogue+online/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tprovenance+the+magazine&1%2C1%2C

Provenance: electronic magazine for information professionals was selected for preservation by the National Library of Australia. This title is not scheduled for re-archiving. The publisher's site may provide more current information. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/10037

The Vancouver Online User's Group (VOLUG) An informal organization of more than 100 librarians and information professionals who are interested in information technology, online database searching and other computer applications in libraries. While the majority are from special libraries (including government and corporate sectors), VOLUG's members include professionals from the academic and public library communities as well as freelance and consulting practitioners. Role: Site Administrator/design coordinator http://www.netpac.com/volug/index.html

Public Libraries, Archives & Museums in Metro-Vancouver and Victoria B.C. Canada Role: Coordinator of the MetroTown.info web site. http://www.metrotown.info/canada-vancouver/libraries-museums.html

PNGBUAI.COM PNG BUAI provides a virtual home for a growing collection of research level electronic material on and from Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea: Books Useful Articles and Information on research level electronic materials. http://www.pngbuai.com/ PNG BUAI is sponsored under the IDRC's PAN initiative. See also http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx The International Development Research Centre, a public corporation created by the Canadian government and http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Regions/Asia/Pages/default.aspx (International Development Research Centre, Southeast and East Asia Region.)

Role: Web Site Design & Administration & Sponsor Neal Chan Provenance.ca & Netpac.com 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011-2013

Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, Manus Province http://www.manusisland.com/ Adult Education - Anti-Racism Diversity Training & Consulting Services http://www.getdiversity.com/

Directory of Japanese Speaking Lawyers/Law Firms in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia http://www.netpac.com/0-ref-lawyers/vancouver-japanese-lawyers/index.html http://www.netpac.com/0-ref-lawyers/vancouver-japanese-lawyers/index.html This directory of lawyers was prepared by Netpac.com Japanese Study Project Team: N. Chan, S. Kaneko, and D. Tam, Vancouver-Victoria, BC, Canada 2005.03.04 - 2007.01.30 - 2008.02.12 . Email: asian-lawyers@netpac.com

Kumul.com South Pacific The provenance of www.kumul.com includes Papua New Guinea illustrators • graphic designers • creative directors • graphic novelists • authors • children's story writers • story-book cover designers • photographers • publishers • book sellers • intellectual property business lawyers • findable web information & marketing consultants • from across the Pacific Rim & Asia Web development support services sponsorship by Neal Chan, MSW, Library Technician. Netpac.com Canada http://www.kumul.com/

Photo Credit: Big Blue Bridge Built in 1923 in Adrienne Chan, "A Thousand Loaves of Bread, Ginger Post, July 18th, 2009. http://gingerpost.com/?p=435