Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content
Bonnie Mak

View Scopus Profile

Bonnie Mak

Personal profile

Personal profile

Bonnie Mak is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at the University of Illinois. She holds 0% appointments in History and Medieval Studies.

Professional Information

Manuscript, print, and digital cultures; the production and circulation of knowledge; information history; manuscript studies; book history; history of science; medieval and early modern collecting; history of archives and libraries.

Education

PhD, Medieval institute, University of Notre Dame.

Teaching

History of the Book
Information History
Libraries, Information, Society

Honors & Awards

List of Teachers Rated as Excellent; University of Illinois (2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2011, 2010).
Senior Fellow, Center for Humanities and Information; The Pennsylvania State University (2015–16).
Faculty Fellow, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities; University of Illinois (2012–13).

Office Address

230 LIS Bldg
M/C 493
Champaign, IL 61820

Office Phone

217-244-0154

Research Interests

Manuscript, print, and digital cultures; the production and circulation of knowledge; information history; manuscript studies; book history; history of science; medieval and early modern collecting; history of archives and libraries.

Fingerprint

Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the expert's scholarly documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.
  • 1 Similar Profiles
View full fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Explore network further

  • How the Page Matters

    Mak, B., Jan 1 2011, Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 160 p. (Studies in Book and Print Culture)

    Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book

  • Preface

    Weller, T., Black, A., Mak, B. & Skouvig, L., Jul 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Information History. Weller, T., Black, A., Mak, B. & Skouvig, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. xx-xxii

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

  • Situating Information History: The History and Historiography of Information and Its Practices

    Black, A., Mak, B., Skouvig, L. & Weller, T., Jul 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Information History. Weller, T., Black, A., Mak, B. & Skouvig, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 3-34 32 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    Open Access

  • The Routledge Handbook of Information History

    Weller, T., Black, A. M., Mak, B. & Skouvig, L., Jul 2025, Routledge. 615 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book

  • What is Information History For?

    Mak, B., Jul 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Information History. Weller, T., Black, A., Mak, B. & Skouvig, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 583-597 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

View all 22 Research outputs