diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9ad4349..c4a19d8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -117,3 +117,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   # jettywrapper
   gem 'jettywrapper', :github => "projecthydra/jettywrapper"
 end
+
+gem 'blacklight-oembed'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7e180d1..74f9bb3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ GEM
       bootstrap-sass (~> 3.0)
       openseadragon (>= 0.2.0)
       rails
+    blacklight-oembed (0.0.4)
+      blacklight (~> 5.0)
+      bootstrap-sass (~> 3.0)
+      rails
+      ruby-oembed
     blacklight_advanced_search (5.1.4)
       blacklight (~> 5.10)
       parslet
@@ -472,6 +477,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.2.0)
     rspec-support (3.2.2)
+    ruby-oembed (0.8.14)
     ruby-vips (0.3.9)
     rubydora (1.8.1)
       activemodel
@@ -583,6 +589,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   best_in_place
   blacklight
   blacklight-gallery
+  blacklight-oembed
   blacklight_advanced_search
   capistrano (~> 2.0)
   capybara
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/blacklight_oembed.js b/app/assets/javascripts/blacklight_oembed.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72acb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/blacklight_oembed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//= require 'blacklight_oembed/jquery.oembed.js'
+
+Blacklight.onLoad(function() {
+  $('[data-embed-url]').oEmbed();
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/blacklight_oembed.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/blacklight_oembed.css.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/controllers/records_controller.rb b/app/controllers/records_controller.rb
index 5d237f1..1ab7e50 100644
--- a/app/controllers/records_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/records_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class RecordsController < ApplicationController
   protected
 
   def collect_form_attributes
-    AttributeURIConverter.new(super).convert_attributes
+    CleanedAttributes.from(super)
   end
 
   def resource
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ def resource_decorators
     )
   end
 
+
 end
diff --git a/app/forms/external_asset_form.rb b/app/forms/external_asset_form.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0fdace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/forms/external_asset_form.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class ExternalAssetForm < GenericAssetForm
+  self.model_class = ExternalAsset
+  self.terms = [:oembed] + self.terms
+end
diff --git a/app/forms/generic_asset_form.rb b/app/forms/generic_asset_form.rb
index bcfb055..8021c4d 100644
--- a/app/forms/generic_asset_form.rb
+++ b/app/forms/generic_asset_form.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class GenericAssetForm
   delegate :validators, :to => :model
   # TODO: Put :workType back in once our editor can support URLs and/or we have
   # a "clean" graph from AF
-  skip_terms = [:workType]
+  skip_terms = [:workType, :oembed]
   self.terms = ODDataModel.simple_properties.keys - skip_terms
 
   def self.permitted_params
diff --git a/app/models/blacklight_config.rb b/app/models/blacklight_config.rb
index 03aaf78..b6d4cd8 100644
--- a/app/models/blacklight_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/blacklight_config.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ def configurations
       SearchFieldConfiguration.new(configuration),
       ShowActions.new(configuration),
       ThumbnailConfiguration.new(configuration),
-      Gallery.new(configuration),
       IndexConfiguration.new(configuration),
-      FacetFields.new(configuration)
+      FacetFields.new(configuration),
+    ] | plugins
+  end
+
+  def plugins
+    [
+      Gallery.new(configuration),
+      Embed.new(configuration)
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/blacklight_config/embed.rb b/app/models/blacklight_config/embed.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..182a635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/blacklight_config/embed.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class BlacklightConfig
+  class Embed
+    pattr_initialize :configuration
+
+    def run
+      configuration.show.oembed_field = :oembed_ssim
+      configuration.show.partials.insert(1, :oembed)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/external_asset.rb b/app/models/external_asset.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7c65fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/external_asset.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class ExternalAsset < GenericAsset
+end
diff --git a/app/models/od_data_model.rb b/app/models/od_data_model.rb
index b38a36b..9da1c93 100644
--- a/app/models/od_data_model.rb
+++ b/app/models/od_data_model.rb
@@ -205,5 +205,14 @@ class ODDataModel < DataModel
   property :containedInJournal, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://sw-portal.deri.org/ontologies/swportal#containedInJournal')
   property :isVolume, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://sw-portal.deri.org/ontologies/swportal#isVolume')
   property :hasNumber, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://sw-portal.deri.org/ontologies/swportal#hasNumber')
+
+  # OEmbed
+  property:oembed, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::OPAQUENAMESPACE.oembed, :cast => false
+
+  def self.string_properties
+    @string_properties ||= properties.select{|x| x.cast == false}
+      .map(&:name)
+      .map(&:to_s)
+  end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/models/solr_document.rb b/app/models/solr_document.rb
index fe8b7ac..e7374e2 100644
--- a/app/models/solr_document.rb
+++ b/app/models/solr_document.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ def derivative_paths
   def property(key)
     if key == "id"
       SingularSolrProperty.new(key, _source[key])
+    elsif uncasted_keys.include?(SolrProperty.new(key).key)
+      SolrProperty.new(key, _source[key])
     else
       EnrichedSolrPropertyResult.new(key, _source)
     end
   end
+
+  def uncasted_keys
+    ODDataModel.string_properties
+  end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/values/cleaned_attributes.rb b/app/values/cleaned_attributes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..418b1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/values/cleaned_attributes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+class CleanedAttributes
+  def self.from(base)
+    new(base).result
+  end
+
+  pattr_initialize :base
+
+  def result
+    base.merge(converted)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def converted
+    @converted ||= AttributeURIConverter.new(truncated_base).convert_attributes
+  end
+
+  def truncated_base
+    base.except(*string_properties)
+  end
+
+  def string_properties
+    @string_properties ||= ODDataModel.string_properties
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/hydra_editor.rb b/config/initializers/hydra_editor.rb
index 0cacc8c..d165d40 100644
--- a/config/initializers/hydra_editor.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/hydra_editor.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HydraEditor.models = ["Image", "Document", "GenericSet"]
+HydraEditor.models = ["Image", "Document", "GenericSet", "ExternalAsset"]
 HydraEditor::Fields::Generator.factory = OregonDigital::Fields::InputFactory.new(
   HydraEditor::Fields::Factory,
   DecoratorList.new(HasHintOption, HasURIInputType)
diff --git a/config/initializers/oembed_providers.rb b/config/initializers/oembed_providers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa8763e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/oembed_providers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'oembed'
+
+OEmbed::Providers.register_all
+
+## Register OSU Mediaspace Provider
+mediaspace_provider = OEmbed::Provider.new("https://media.oregonstate.edu/oembed")
+mediaspace_provider << "https://media.oregonstate.edu/id*"
+mediaspace_provider << "http.://media.oregonstate.edu/id*"
+OEmbed::Providers.register(mediaspace_provider)
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index b2c39c2..832f0b2 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ en:
       destroy:
         fail: "Failed to delete facet"
         success: "Deleted facet"
+  hydra_editor:
+    form:
+      model_label:
+        ExternalAsset: "External Asset"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1dd31d5..2577e30 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  mount Blacklight::Oembed::Engine, at: 'oembed'
   root :to => "catalog#index"
   blacklight_for :catalog
   devise_for :users
diff --git a/spec/features/hydra_editor_spec.rb b/spec/features/hydra_editor_spec.rb
index 0fce84b..66a4cbd 100644
--- a/spec/features/hydra_editor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/hydra_editor_spec.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@
       expect(image.workflow_metadata.pyramidal_path).not_to be_blank
     end
   end
+
+  it "should save an external resource", :perform_enqueued => false do
+    as_user(admin) do
+      navigate_to_new_external_resource_path
+      fill_in "external_asset_oembed", :with => "http://test.org"
+      find(:css, "input.btn-primary").click
+      expect(page).to have_content("successfully created")
+      expect(page).to have_selector(:css, "*[data-embed-url]")
+    end
+  end
   it "should show invalid fields" do
     as_user(admin) do
       navigate_to_new_image_path
@@ -102,4 +112,9 @@ def navigate_to_new_image_path
     page.select("Image", :from => "type")
     find(:css, "input.btn-primary").click
   end
+  def navigate_to_new_external_resource_path
+    visit "/records/new"
+    page.select("External Asset", :from => "type")
+    find(:css, "input.btn-primary").click
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/forms/external_asset_form_spec.rb b/spec/forms/external_asset_form_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0132581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/forms/external_asset_form_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe ExternalAssetForm do
+  describe ".terms" do
+    it "should include oembed" do
+      expect(described_class.terms.first).to eq :oembed
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/forms/generic_asset_form_spec.rb b/spec/forms/generic_asset_form_spec.rb
index 4edb94d..f2dfb63 100644
--- a/spec/forms/generic_asset_form_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/forms/generic_asset_form_spec.rb
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".terms" do
+    it "should not include oembed" do
+      expect(ImageForm.terms).not_to include :oembed
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/blacklight_config_spec.rb b/spec/models/blacklight_config_spec.rb
index 05202d8..3ccc444 100644
--- a/spec/models/blacklight_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/blacklight_config_spec.rb
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
     it "should have an edit action for index" do
       expect(subject.index.document_actions[:edit_record].partial).to eq "edit_action"
     end
-  end
 
+    it "should configure OEmbed" do
+      expect(subject.show.oembed_field).to eq :oembed_ssim
+      expect(subject.show.partials).to include :oembed
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/od_data_model_spec.rb b/spec/models/od_data_model_spec.rb
index f2a906a..8de5236 100644
--- a/spec/models/od_data_model_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/od_data_model_spec.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@
       expect(subject.simple_properties).to include ({:title => RDF::DC.title})
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#properties" do
+    it "should not not cast oembed" do
+      expect(subject.properties.find{|x| x.name == :oembed}.cast).to eq false
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/solr_document_spec.rb b/spec/models/solr_document_spec.rb
index fe4611b..63d0a0a 100644
--- a/spec/models/solr_document_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/solr_document_spec.rb
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
         {
           :title_ssim => ["http://test.test.org", "Raw String"],
           :title_preferred_label_ssim => ["Test"],
-          :title_alt_label_ssim => ["Alternative"]
+          :title_alt_label_ssim => ["Alternative"],
+          :oembed_ssim => ["http://test.org"]
         }
       end
       it "should show title labels together with their preferred label" do
         expect(subject[:title_ssim]).to eq ["Test", "Raw String"]
       end
+      it "should allow access to fields with URI casting off" do
+        expect(subject[:oembed_ssim]).to eq ["http://test.org"]
+      end
     end
   end
   describe "#derivative_paths" do