Kumar,
There is no copyright violation in creating repository of your own institution's internal publications unless they are published externally. However, you need to have copyright clearance for the publications/documents already published externally (Journals/Conferences/workshops etc).
As most of us know, off-late few major publishers have revised their copyright policies and now they would allow authors/institutions to retain and enable access to the published documents within the author's organization. Ofcourse, the rights differ from publisher to publisher. Its important to read latest copyright policies of publishers before you consider using their publications/documents.
You may want to know that, some international organizations have "copyright transfer form" in place to ensure that publishers grant permission to authors/institutions to host the content within the organization at the time of submitting the manuscript for publication. This might be a solution for your future publications.
Best Regards,
Anand
Ananda T. Byrappa
Manager, Library & Information Services
Whitney Knowledge Centre
GE Global Research
122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road,
Bangalore - 560066, INDIA
Phone : +91-80-2503-2618, DialCom: 8*901 2618
Fax : +91-80-2841-2114, Email : Ananda.Byrappa@ge.com
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