Category Archive: Subject Support

Paper Art

    Having just completed an origami workshop and installation at Larmer Tree Festival, I thought I’d write something about our fabulous paper art resources in the library! When it comes to paper art,… Continue reading

Fine Art: Valentine’s Postcard Auction

With Valentine’s Day approaching this weekend, the Fine Art students ran a postcard auction on the theme of ‘love’. All the postcards were on display in the WSA Café for potential bidders to… Continue reading

Library workshops at WSA : Reflection & Research

These workshops are open to all WSA students but will particularly support taught MA students & 2nd and 3rd Year Reflective Journal project students. Each session will be split into two halves with 30… Continue reading

Visit to The Stuart Hall Library At Iniva, London

I went up to Shoreditch to visit the Stuart Hall Library at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) as part of an ARLIS Professional Development Commitee visit. Just a 5 minute walk from Old Street… Continue reading

Introducing Box of Broadcasts (BoB!)

There’s a new resource available which gives you a choice of over 1 million TV + radio programmes online.  This is thanks to iSolutions who have provided funding so that all UoS staff… Continue reading

New BA in Game Design and Art! ‘The Roof’ invites us to the game…

With our new BA in Computer Game Design & Art starting, I decided to go and see ‘The Roof’ by Fuel Theatre.  Part of the ‘Arts by the Sea Festival’ in Bournemouth, they… Continue reading

Lynda.com: Video Tutorials for Creative Skills

Lynda.com has been used extensively at WSA for a number of years, owing to the wealth of design software tutorials  available on the site. Now, the entire University of Southampton community has access… Continue reading

New Year Resolution to Study Hard? We have what you need….

Was one of your New Year’s Resolutions to study hard and become more organised? Perhaps you felt the New Year was a good time to rid yourself of some bad studying habits? Well… Continue reading

WSA Library on LibGuides

LibGuides are a new set of library webpages that offer subject guides, research assistance and useful resources compiled by library staff. Each site library has their own guide, which includes links to loans… Continue reading