Scanning print articles

["Valerie A. Lang" <langval@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have been asked to research copyright implications re: the following.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Our Instructional Media Center is looking to scan hardcopy print
articles that professors have on reserve, and post them on the
Instructional Media Center's website.

How could this play out in terms of copyright violation?  

To access various research databases off the College's Library webpage
from off-campus, students at HVCC must have a valid username and
password.  Would a similar requirement for the Instructional Media
Center's webpage, on campus and off campus, suffice?  Technically,
members of the public can use reference computers in our library.  These
computers are not password protected.  

Another caveat to this is that it would be up to the individual
instructor whether s/he would link to the Instructional Media Center's
website off of his or her individual website.

Thank you in advance,

Valerie A. Lang, J.D., M.L.S.
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, New York