The Royal society, as its name suggests, created a “society” which established a certain behavior/approach toward science and technology (which is accepted as the norm nowadays). They established the norm/trend in such fields, specifically in research and its process, popularizing large scale data gathering, data/research validation, and discussions (forum) of research results done elsewhere. Hence, in contrast to a university or library which collates information/data and research and passes them on to the next generation (through teaching), the Royal Society helped develop science and technology further – not only adding to the pool of knowledge but also developing the process of/attitude in studying them.

” … A publicly constituted body, national in its remit, devoted to the pursuit and promotion of scientific research.” — Michael Hunter

The Royal Society acts as an avenue for the sciences that is at once open-minded and large in scope as well as rigorous in its procedure to obtain the truth. It is meticulously structured such that the society fosters an inclusive and open-minded environment to all scientific theories from members of all professions. That said, the motto of the society is “nullius in verba” (“on the word of no man”), meaning everything must be supported by evidence, repeatable experimentation, or verifiable data. This and similar academies distinguished themselves from universities, which did not provide this open-mindedness and rigor, and libraries, which was not an environment for discussion and procedure in the first place but a collection of knowledge from which to draw. Ultimately, the Royal Society provided checks and balances in a time of scientific revolution that institutions as universities and libraries simply could not.

Morgia, Phillip Santi M.
2012-31401

STS THX

The Royal Society differs from libraries and universities, at their time, as The Royal Society is more constant and applied in its quest for knowledge. Though libraries and universities promote the increasing amount of knowledge in society, their manner of imparting this knowledge is limited to what have been published before and is confined in their own walls.

Abigail Kyla Antonio
2013 – 71857

STS WFX

Universities and library would probably suffice the need for the advancement in the field of science and technology, although the question for maintaining and improvements can lead to a problem and can impair possible advancements compared to what we are enjoying now.

Bationg, Gelle Ann B.
2013 – 79074

STS WFX

Universities and library would probably suffice the need for the advancement in the field of science and technology, although the question for maintaining and improvements can lead to a problem and can impair possible advancements compared to what we are enjoying now.

Paul John Delgado
2014-62404
WFX

The Royal Society has been “promoting and supporting science” and “recognizing excellence” in the said field for hundreds of years now.
While universities and libraries do the same, The Royal Society and other academies go way beyond the four corners of the classroom. They provide various venues for global exchange of ideas, learning and appreciation of some of the best works in the world. The said works are being used by institutions such as universities in teaching and promoting public engagement in their continuous pursuit of excellence.

The Royal Society and other science academies were the ones responsible for /providing/ the knowledge /taught/ in universities and /stored/ in libraries. If phrased, they can be called “the creators of knowledge” as they observe, experiment, and theorize observations and learnings in the pursuit of fostering knowledge particularly the Sciences. Thus in summary, Royal Society can be tagged as creators, universities as the teachers, and libraries as the storage room.

Tai, Maria Nikuo A.
2013-72174
STS WFX