diff --git a/css/islandora.base.css b/css/islandora.base.css
index 585ad756..28301aa1 100644
--- a/css/islandora.base.css
+++ b/css/islandora.base.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
     Document   : islandora_basic_collection.base.css
     Created on : May 23, 2012, 11:22:04 AM
     Description:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 /*
  * These rules will display DTs/DDs as columns.
  * Constructs must follow a key/value pair pattern.
- * The three last declarations are meant to kill white space between DTs/DDs 
+ * The three last declarations are meant to kill white space between DTs/DDs
  * (result of inline-block styling)
  */
 
@@ -43,7 +43,20 @@ dl.islandora-inline-metadata {
   padding-left: 40px;
 }
 
-/* 
+dl.islandora-metadata-fields {
+    width:100%;
+}
+
+.islandora-metadata dt,
+.islandora-metadata dd {
+    border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;
+}
+
+.islandora-metadata dt.first,
+.islandora-metadata dd.first {
+    border-top:0;
+}
+/*
  * In this rule, we reset the white-space (see hack above)
  */
 .islandora-inline-metadata dt,
diff --git a/css/islandora.print.css b/css/islandora.print.css
index 45fca341..4b714bc5 100644
--- a/css/islandora.print.css
+++ b/css/islandora.print.css
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@
  *
  * We provide some sane print styling for Drupal, hiding most visuals.
  */
-a:link,
-a:visited { /* underline all links */
-  text-decoration: underline !important;
-}
-
-#site-name a:link,
-#site-name a:visited { /* Don't underline header */
-  text-decoration: none !important;
-}
 
 #content a[href^="javascript:"]:after,
 #content a[href^="#"]:after { /* Only display useful links. */
@@ -66,6 +57,7 @@ body.sidebar-first {
 .book-navigation,
 .forum-topic-navigation,
 .pager,
+.contextual-links-region,
 .feed-icons { /* Hide sidebars and nav elements */
   visibility: hidden !important;
   display: none !important;
diff --git a/includes/metadata.inc b/includes/metadata.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf59b830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/metadata.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Defines functions used when viewing metadata displays on Islandora objects.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the metadata display markup for an Islandora object.
+ *
+ * @param AbstractObject $object
+ *   An AbstractObject representing an object within Fedora.
+ * @param bool $print
+ *   Whether the object is being printed.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ *   Markup to be rendered for display on Islandora object pages.
+ */
+function islandora_retrieve_metadata_markup(AbstractObject $object, $print = FALSE) {
+  $viewers = module_invoke_all('islandora_metadata_display_info');
+  $viewer = variable_get('islandora_metadata_display', 'dublin_core');
+  $markup = '';
+  if (isset($viewers[$viewer]['metadata callback'])) {
+    $markup = call_user_func($viewers[$viewer]['metadata callback'], $object, $print);
+    // The callback doesn't have any markup provided for this particular object,
+    // default back to the dublin_core display.
+    if ($markup === FALSE) {
+      $markup = call_user_func($viewers['dublin_core']['metadata callback'], $object, $print);
+    }
+  }
+  return $markup;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the metadata display description for an Islandora object.
+ *
+ * @param AbstractObject $object
+ *   An AbstractObject representing an object within Fedora.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ *   Markup to be rendered for description on Islandora object pages.
+ */
+function islandora_retrieve_description_markup(AbstractObject $object) {
+  $viewers = module_invoke_all('islandora_metadata_display_info');
+  $viewer = variable_get('islandora_metadata_display', 'dublin_core');
+  $markup = '';
+  if (isset($viewers[$viewer]['description callback'])) {
+    $markup = call_user_func($viewers[$viewer]['description callback'], $object);
+    // The callback doesn't have any markup provided for this particular object,
+    // default back to the dublin_core display.
+    if ($markup === FALSE) {
+      $markup = call_user_func($viewers['dublin_core']['description callback'], $object);
+    }
+  }
+  return $markup;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Form used for choosing which default metadata display to use for viewing.
+ *
+ * @param array $form
+ *   An array representing a Drupal form.
+ * @param array $form_state
+ *   An array containing the Drupal form state.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ *   An array representing the metadata display viewer form.
+ */
+function islandora_metadata_display_form($form, $form_state) {
+  module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/solution_packs.inc');
+  $form = array();
+  $defined_displays = module_invoke_all('islandora_metadata_display_info');
+  if (!empty($defined_displays)) {
+    $no_viewer = array();
+    $no_viewer['none'] = array(
+      'label' => t('None'),
+      'description' => t("Don't show any metadata for displaying"),
+    );
+    $viewers = array_merge_recursive($no_viewer, $defined_displays);
+
+    $form['viewers'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'item',
+      '#title' => t('Select a viewer'),
+      '#description' => t('Preferred metadata display for Islandora. These may be provided by third-party modules.'),
+      '#tree' => TRUE,
+      '#theme' => 'islandora_viewers_table',
+    );
+
+    foreach ($viewers as $name => $profile) {
+      $options[$name] = '';
+      $form['viewers']['name'][$name] = array(
+        '#type' => 'hidden',
+        '#value' => $name,
+      );
+      $form['viewers']['label'][$name] = array(
+        '#type' => 'item',
+        '#markup' => $profile['label'],
+      );
+      $form['viewers']['description'][$name] = array(
+        '#type' => 'item',
+        '#markup' => $profile['description'],
+      );
+      $form['viewers']['configuration'][$name] = array(
+        '#type' => 'item',
+        '#markup' => (isset($profile['configuration']) AND $profile['configuration'] != '') ? l(t('configure'), $profile['configuration']) : '',
+      );
+    }
+    $form['viewers']['default'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'radios',
+      '#options' => isset($options) ? $options : array(),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('islandora_metadata_display', 'dublin_core'),
+    );
+  }
+  else {
+    $form['viewers']['no_viewers'] = array(
+      '#markup' => t('No viewers detected.'),
+    );
+  }
+  $form['submit'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'submit',
+    '#value' => t('Save configuration'),
+  );
+  return $form;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Submit handler for the metadata display form which sets the default viewer.
+ *
+ * @param array $form
+ *   An array representing a Drupal form.
+ * @param array $form_state
+ *   An array containing the Drupal form state.
+ */
+function islandora_metadata_display_form_submit($form, $form_state) {
+  variable_set('islandora_metadata_display', $form_state['values']['viewers']['default']);
+  drupal_set_message(t('The configuration options have been saved.'));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Metadata display callback for rendering Dublin Core metadata.
+ *
+ * @param AbstractObject $object
+ *   An AbstractObject representing an object within Fedora.
+ * @param bool $print
+ *   Whether the display is being printed or not.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ *   Markup representing the rendered metadata from Dublin Core.
+ */
+function islandora_metadata_display_callback(AbstractObject $object, $print = FALSE) {
+  $elements = array(
+    'islandora_object' => $object,
+    'print' => $print,
+  );
+  return theme('islandora_dublin_core_display', $elements);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Metadata description callback for rendering Dublin Core description.
+ *
+ * @param AbstractObject $islandora_object
+ *   An AbstractObject representing an object within Fedora.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ *   Markup representing the rendered metadata from Dublin Core.
+ */
+function islandora_metadata_description_callback(AbstractObject $islandora_object) {
+  $elements = array(
+    'islandora_object' => $islandora_object,
+  );
+  return theme('islandora_dublin_core_description', $elements);
+}
diff --git a/islandora.api.php b/islandora.api.php
index 0dff8d89..24d24528 100644
--- a/islandora.api.php
+++ b/islandora.api.php
@@ -691,3 +691,36 @@ function hook_islandora_update_related_objects_properties(AbstractObject $object
 function hook_islandora_breadcrumbs_alter(&$breadcrumbs, $context) {
 
 }
+
+/**
+ * Registry hook for metadata display viewers.
+ *
+ * Modules can use this hook to override the default Dublin Core display.
+ * This hook lets Islandora know which viewers there are available.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ *   An associative array where the values are the following:
+ *   -label: Human readable display label for selection.
+ *   -description: A description of what the metadata display viewer does.
+ *   -metadata callback: A callable function that provides the markup to be
+ *    passed  off to the template files. Returns markup or FALSE if the viewer
+ *    wishes to default back to the Dublin Core display for the current object.
+ *   -description callback: A callable function that provides the markup to be
+ *    passed for the description. Returns markup or FALSE if the viewer
+ *    wishes to default back to the Dublin Core display for the current object.
+ *   -configuration (Optional): A path to the administration page for the
+ *    metadata display.
+
+ * @see islandora_retrieve_metadata_markup()
+ */
+function hook_islandora_metadata_display_info() {
+  return array(
+    'hookable_displays_yay' => array(
+      'label' => t('Hookable display yay!'),
+      'description' => t('This is purely an example of how to implement this.'),
+      'metadata callback' => 'hookable_displays_some_function_that_returns_metadata_markup',
+      'description callback' => 'hookable_displays_some_function_that_returns_description_markup',
+      'configuration' => 'admin/hookable_displays_yay/somepath',
+    ),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 2964ec96..95003bf9 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ function islandora_menu() {
     'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
     'weight' => -1,
   );
+  $items['admin/islandora/metadata'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Metadata Display',
+    'description' => 'Configure settings for metadata display on Islandora objects',
+    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
+    'page arguments' => array('islandora_metadata_display_form'),
+    'file' => 'includes/metadata.inc',
+    'access arguments' => array('adminisiter site configuration'),
+  );
   $items['admin/islandora/solution_packs'] = array(
     'title' => 'Solution packs',
     'description' => 'Install content models and collections required by installed solution packs.',
@@ -445,6 +453,31 @@ function islandora_theme() {
       'file' => 'theme/theme.inc',
       'variables' => array('datastream' => NULL),
     ),
+    'islandora_dublin_core_display' => array(
+      'file' => 'theme/theme.inc',
+      'template' => 'theme/islandora-dublin-core-display',
+      // We can add PIDs to the end of this pattern in our preprocess function
+      // and templates will be able to have have a pid appended to the
+      // template name to overide a template on a per object basis.
+      // An example template might be named:
+      // "islandora-dublin-core-display--islandora-27.tpl.php".
+      'pattern' => 'islandora_dublin_core_display__',
+      'variables' => array(
+        'islandora_object' => NULL,
+        'print' => NULL,
+      ),
+    ),
+    'islandora_dublin_core_description' => array(
+      'file' => 'theme/theme.inc',
+      'template' => 'theme/islandora-dublin-core-description',
+      // We can add PIDs to the end of this pattern in our preprocess function
+      // and templates will be able to have have a pid appended to the
+      // template name to overide a template on a per object basis.
+      // An example template might be named:
+      // "islandora-dublin-core-description--islandora-27.tpl.php".
+      'pattern' => 'islandora_dublin_core_description__',
+      'variables' => array('islandora_object' => NULL),
+    ),
   );
 }
 
@@ -991,6 +1024,7 @@ function islandora_default_islandora_view_object($object) {
 function islandora_default_islandora_printer_object($object, $alter) {
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/utilities');
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/datastream');
+  module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/metadata');
 
   $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'islandora');
   drupal_add_css($path . '/css/islandora.print.css');
@@ -1005,11 +1039,12 @@ function islandora_default_islandora_printer_object($object, $alter) {
   catch (Exception $e) {
     drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $islandora_object->id, '%t' => $e->getMessage())), 'error', FALSE);
   }
-
+  $metadata = islandora_retrieve_metadata_markup($object, TRUE);
   $variables = isset($dc_object) ? $dc_object->asArray() : array();
   $output = theme('islandora_object_print_object', array(
     'object' => $object,
     'dc_array' => $variables,
+    'metadata' => $metadata,
     'islandora_content' => $alter));
 
   return array('Default output' => array('#markup' => $output));
@@ -1602,3 +1637,17 @@ function islandora_islandora_datastream_modified(AbstractObject $object, Abstrac
   ));
   islandora_derivative_logging($logging_results);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_islandora_metadata_display_info().
+ */
+function islandora_islandora_metadata_display_info() {
+  return array(
+    'dublin_core' => array(
+      'label' => t('Dublin Core'),
+      'description' => t('Dublin Core metadata'),
+      'metadata callback' => 'islandora_metadata_display_callback',
+      'description callback' => 'islandora_metadata_description_callback',
+    ),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/theme/islandora-dublin-core-description.tpl.php b/theme/islandora-dublin-core-description.tpl.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff54cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/islandora-dublin-core-description.tpl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * This is the template file for the Dublin Core metadata description.
+ *
+ * Available variables:
+ * - $islandora_object: The Islandora object rendered in this template file
+ * $dc_array: The DC datastream object values as a sanitized array. This
+ * includes label, value and class name.
+ *
+ * @see template_preprocess_islandora_dublin_core_description()
+ * @see theme_islandora_dublin_core_description()
+ */
+?>
+<div class="islandora-metadata-sidebar">
+  <?php if (!empty($dc_array['dc:description']['value'])): ?>
+    <h2><?php print $dc_array['dc:description']['label']; ?></h2>
+    <p property="description"><?php print $dc_array['dc:description']['value']; ?></p>
+  <?php endif; ?>
+</div>
diff --git a/theme/islandora-dublin-core-display.tpl.php b/theme/islandora-dublin-core-display.tpl.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da67de18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/islandora-dublin-core-display.tpl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* @file
+* This is the template file for the object page for large image
+*
+* Available variables:
+* - $islandora_object: The Islandora object rendered in this template file
+* - $islandora_dublin_core: The DC datastream object
+* - $dc_array: The DC datastream object values as a sanitized array. This
+* includes label, value and class name.
+* - $islandora_object_label: The sanitized object label.
+*
+* @see template_preprocess_islandora_dublin_core_display()
+* @see theme_islandora_dublin_core_display()
+*/
+?>
+<fieldset <?php $print ? print('class="islandora islandora-metadata"') : print('class="islandora islandora-metadata collapsible collapsed"');?>>
+  <legend><span class="fieldset-legend"><?php print t('Details'); ?></span></legend>
+  <div class="fieldset-wrapper">
+    <dl xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" class="islandora-inline-metadata islandora-metadata-fields">
+      <?php $row_field = 0; ?>
+      <?php foreach($dc_array as $key => $value): ?>
+        <dt property="<?php print $value['dcterms']; ?>" content="<?php print $value['value']; ?>" class="<?php print $value['class']; ?><?php print $row_field == 0 ? ' first' : ''; ?>">
+          <?php print $value['label']; ?>
+        </dt>
+        <dd class="<?php print $value['class']; ?><?php print $row_field == 0 ? ' first' : ''; ?>">
+          <?php print $value['value']; ?>
+        </dd>
+        <?php $row_field++; ?>
+      <?php endforeach; ?>
+    </dl>
+  </div>
+</fieldset>
diff --git a/theme/islandora-object-print.tpl.php b/theme/islandora-object-print.tpl.php
index b9569061..53fdc529 100644
--- a/theme/islandora-object-print.tpl.php
+++ b/theme/islandora-object-print.tpl.php
@@ -10,21 +10,5 @@
   <div>
     <?php print $islandora_content; ?>
   </div>
-  <fieldset class="islandora-basic-image-metadata islandora">
-  <legend><span class="fieldset-legend"><?php print t('Details'); ?></span></legend>
-    <div class="fieldset-wrapper">
-      <dl class="islandora-inline-metadata islandora-basic-image-fields">
-        <?php $row_field = 0; ?>
-        <?php foreach( $dc_array as $key => $value): ?>
-          <dt class="<?php print $value['class']; ?><?php print $row_field == 0 ? ' first' : ''; ?>">
-            <?php print $value['label']; ?>
-          </dt>
-          <dd class="<?php print $value['class']; ?><?php print $row_field == 0 ? ' first' : ''; ?>">
-            <?php print $value['value']; ?>
-          </dd>
-          <?php $row_field++; ?>
-        <?php endforeach; ?>
-      </dl>
-    </div>
-  </fieldset>
+  <?php print $metadata; ?>
 </div>
diff --git a/theme/theme.inc b/theme/theme.inc
index 895ec8fe..8ffffc4f 100644
--- a/theme/theme.inc
+++ b/theme/theme.inc
@@ -423,3 +423,37 @@ function theme_islandora_datastream_version_link(array $vars) {
     return '';
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_preprocess().
+ */
+function islandora_preprocess_islandora_dublin_core_display(array &$variables) {
+  $islandora_object = $variables['islandora_object'];
+  if (islandora_datastream_access(ISLANDORA_VIEW_OBJECTS, $islandora_object['DC'])) {
+    try {
+      $dc = $islandora_object['DC']->content;
+      $dc_object = DublinCore::importFromXMLString($dc);
+    }
+    catch (Exception $e) {
+      drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $islandora_object->id, '%t' => $e->getMessage())), 'error', FALSE);
+    }
+  }
+  $variables['dc_array'] = isset($dc_object) ? $dc_object->asArray() : array();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_preprocess().
+ */
+function islandora_preprocess_islandora_dublin_core_description(array &$variables) {
+  $islandora_object = $variables['islandora_object'];
+  if (islandora_datastream_access(ISLANDORA_VIEW_OBJECTS, $islandora_object['DC'])) {
+    try {
+      $dc = $islandora_object['DC']->content;
+      $dc_object = DublinCore::importFromXMLString($dc);
+    }
+    catch (Exception $e) {
+      drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $islandora_object->id, '%t' => $e->getMessage())), 'error', FALSE);
+    }
+  }
+  $variables['dc_array'] = isset($dc_object) ? $dc_object->asArray() : array();
+}