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

Knitting 1914-2014: making connections

This exhibition showcases a range of resources within a small selection of themes, to illustrate the potential connections between knitted object, ephemera, printed sources and recent publications. Resources for the exhibition have been… Continue reading

WSA Special Collections: Visionaire

One of our special collections here at WSA library is Visionaire,  a specialist fashion publication which is produced four times a year. Each issue is designed, themed and created by a photographer, designer… Continue reading

New DVDs in the Library

Here is a selection of films added recently to the collection. All DVDs can be found opposite the entrance of Library 1 and are all available as one week loans: Bruno (dir. Larry Charles)… 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

Library Opening Hours Poll

We have been considering your comments on extending the Library opening hours, and today will be launching a quick online poll.  This should take you no more than 3 minutes to do and… Continue reading

New Books in the Library

Lots of new books are appearing on the shelves at the moment. Subjects where plenty of new titles have been acquired are advertising, marketing and branding (these can all be found in Library… Continue reading

Fashion History: New Online Archive

The Europeana fashion project provides material about the history of European fashion, including more than 700.000 fashion-related digital objects, ranging from historical dresses to accessories, photographs, posters, drawings, sketches, videos, and fashion catalogues. It… Continue reading

Woody Allen DVDs in the Library

During an almost 5 decade long career, comedian, actor, playwright and film director Woody Allen produced over 40 films. His latest movie ‘Blue Jasmine’ starring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin was released in Summer 2013.  Here in WSA… Continue reading