This session, featuring a library publisher and an editor, examines how libraries and journals partner together to empower ambitious journals to take the next steps with their publishing goals. Julia Lovett shares information about how University of Rhode Island has scaled its successful journal publishing program and how supporting journal publishing has benefited the institution and the library. Maria Ranieri, editor of Journal Media Literacy Education, a journal based at the University of Rhode Island, discusses her journal’s growth, including the work they did to recently get accepted to Scopus.