diff --git a/addons/collections.json b/addons/collections.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fe3a532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/collections.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "collections": {
+        "table"       : "Collection",
+        "result_type" : "Collection",
+        "tagged"      : false,
+        "flag"        : "public",
+
+        "fields": [
+            {
+                "field"    : "title",
+                "label"    : "Title",
+                "facet"    : false,
+                "is_title" : true,
+                "metadata" : ["Dublin Core", "Title"]
+            },
+            {
+                "field"    : "description",
+                "label"    : "Description",
+                "facet"    : false,
+                "is_title" : false,
+                "metadata" : ["Dublin Core", "Description"]
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Config.php b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Config.php
index 73f90c6d..3eabc0db 100644
--- a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Config.php
+++ b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Config.php
@@ -195,12 +195,14 @@ private function parseField($json)
             $field->is_facet = array_key_exists('facet', $json)    ? $json['facet']    : false;
             $field->is_title = array_key_exists('is_title', $json) ? $json['is_title'] : false;
             $field->remote   = array_key_exists('remote', $json)   ? (object) $json['remote'] : null;
+            $field->metadata = array_key_exists('metadata', $json) ? (array) $json['metadata'] : null;
         } else {
             $field->name     = $json;
             $field->label    = $json;
             $field->is_facet = false;
             $field->is_title = false;
             $field->remote   = null;
+            $field->metadata = null;
         }
 
         return $field;
diff --git a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Field.php b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Field.php
index d5dea5cc..b3d219c7 100644
--- a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Field.php
+++ b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Field.php
@@ -51,15 +51,25 @@ class SolrSearch_Addon_Field
      **/
     var $remote;
 
+    /**
+     * This is an array containing the set and name to a metadata item for
+     * the data in this field.
+     *
+     * @var array|null
+     **/
+    var $metadata;
+
 
     function __construct(
-        $name=null, $label=null, $is_facet=null, $is_title=null, $remote=null
+        $name=null, $label=null, $is_facet=null, $is_title=null, $remote=null,
+        $metadata=null
     ) {
         $this->name     = $name;
         $this->label    = $label;
         $this->is_facet = $is_facet;
         $this->is_title = $is_title;
         $this->remote   = $remote;
+        $this->metadata = $metadata;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Indexer.php b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Indexer.php
index 67ad8015..e4c96b8a 100644
--- a/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Indexer.php
+++ b/lib/SolrSearch/Addon/Indexer.php
@@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ public function indexRecord($record, $addon)
         foreach ($addon->fields as $field) {
             $solrName = $this->makeSolrName($addon, $field->name);
 
-            if (is_null($field->remote)) {
-                $value = $this->getLocalValue($record, $field);
-            } else {
+            if (!is_null($field->remote)) {
                 $value = $this->getRemoteValue($record, $field);
+            } else if (!is_null($field->metadata)) {
+                $value = $this->getMetadataValue($record, $field);
+            } else {
+                $value = $this->getLocalValue($record, $field);
             }
 
             foreach ($value as $v) {
@@ -219,6 +221,24 @@ protected function getRemoteValue($record, $field)
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * This returns a value that is metadata to the record.
+     *
+     * @param Omeka_Record           $record The record to get the value from.
+     * @param SolrSearch_Addon_Field $field  The field that defines where to get
+     * the value.
+     *
+     * @return mixed $value The value of the field in the record.
+     * @author Eric Rochester <erochest@virginia.edu>
+     **/
+    protected function getMetadataValue($record, $field)
+    {
+        $value = metadata($record, $field->metadata, 'all');
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * This builds a query for returning all the records to index from the
      * database.