User Intentions

John Battelle posted this Database of Intentions Chart:

The Purchase (Amazon, eBay, Walmart) What I buy.
The Query (Google, Yahoo!, Bing) What I want.
The Social Graph (Facebook, MySpace, Google) Who I am. Who I know.
The Status Update (Twitter, Facebook, Google) What I’m doing. What’s happening.
The Check In (Foursquare, Yelp, Gowalla) Where I am.

It’s all about sharing.

Check out the post for a prettier graphic.

I’d be interested in seeing such a chart for library websites? What are the intentions of users when the approach our sites, landing pages, databases and OPACs?

Stephen