examples of working subscription overlay journals/copyright and licensing

[brs4@lehigh.edu]

I'm going to break radio silence to mention that there are actually
working examples of the subscription overlay model described at:  
http://www.lehigh.edu/library/guides/overlayjournals.html (see a recent
posting on soaf).

This removes the model from the realm of speculation. This was unknown to
me when the webpage went up a few days ago. The webpage now reflects it;
also, the latter continues to evolve frequently.

As concerns issues of interest to this website, I'll try at some point (as
an extremely busy schedule permits) within the next week or so to include
a section in the webpage providing some reflections about how
licensing/copyright issues would be involved in this model.

This will be added to the current topic line-up at the website:

What is the "subscription overlay"? 
Are there any working examples of the "subscription overlay"? 
What are the economics of subscription overlays as opposed to other types of 
OA initiatives, including pure OA overlays? 
What are objections to the model? 
Why maintain traditional peer-review in the subscription overlay model? 
Who could or would promote subscription overlays? 
For what subject areas of publishing would the subscription overlay be most 
appropriate? 
Why shouldn't the material just be posted (on this model) on the publisher's 
own institutional repository (IR)? 
What philosophical assumptions animate this model? 
What relationship does this model bear to current "green" approach involving 
self-archiving efforts by authors? 
What are further differentiae (sub-species) of the "subscription overlay"? 

Rgds,
Brian Simboli
Lehigh University