Margaret K. Merga is an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia and Lead Consultant at Merga Consulting. She has written over a hundred peer-reviewed and research-informed publications as well as six books, including Creating a Reading Culture in Primary and Secondary Schools, School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing and Creating an Australian School Literacy Policy. She is an international keynote speaker whose work has been translated into many different languages. She was the Chief Investigator on the 2024 International School Library Workforce Project, which gathered crucial library workforce data from respondents across more than 60 countries.