diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7d1fc2e5..6e8ac36c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'pry-rails'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.9', require: false
   gem 'coveralls', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop-rspec', require: false
+  gem 'vcr'
+  gem 'webmock', require: false
 end
 
 group :development do
@@ -62,5 +66,4 @@ gem 'blacklight-gallery', '>= 0.3.0'
 gem 'blacklight-oembed'
 gem 'social-share-button'
 gem 'devise_invitable'
-gem 'rubocop', require: false
-gem 'rubocop-rspec', require: false
+gem 'faraday'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 36d85f9e..e11bc171 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ GEM
       term-ansicolor (~> 1.3)
       thor (~> 0.19.1)
       tins (~> 1.6.0)
+    crack (0.4.2)
+      safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
     deprecation (0.2.2)
       activesupport
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.11)
       os (~> 0.9)
       signet (~> 0.7)
+    hashdiff (0.2.2)
     http-cookie (1.0.2)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
     i18n (0.7.0)
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ GEM
     ruby-oembed (0.9.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.7.5)
     rubyzip (1.1.7)
+    safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     sass (3.4.20)
     sass-rails (5.0.4)
       railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.0)
@@ -413,6 +417,7 @@ GEM
     unf (0.1.4)
       unf_ext
     unf_ext (0.0.7.1)
+    vcr (2.9.3)
     warden (1.2.4)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     web-console (2.2.1)
@@ -420,6 +425,10 @@ GEM
       binding_of_caller (>= 0.7.2)
       railties (>= 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
+    webmock (1.22.1)
+      addressable (>= 2.3.6)
+      crack (>= 0.3.2)
+      hashdiff
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -435,6 +444,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise
   devise-guests (~> 0.3)
   devise_invitable
+  faraday
   friendly_id
   jbuilder (~> 2.0)
   jettywrapper (>= 2.0)
@@ -454,7 +464,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sqlite3
   turbolinks
   uglifier (>= 1.3.0)
+  vcr
   web-console (~> 2.0)
+  webmock
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    1.11.2
diff --git a/app/jobs/iiif_ingest_job.rb b/app/jobs/iiif_ingest_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cf0e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/iiif_ingest_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class IIIFIngestJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  # Ingest one or more IIIF manfiest URLs.  Each manifest is ingested as its
+  # own resource.
+  def perform(urls)
+    arr = urls.is_a?(Array) ? urls : Array(urls)
+    arr.each do |url|
+      ingest url
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Ingest a single IIIF manifest URL as a resource.
+  def ingest(url)
+    IIIFResource.new(manifest_url: url).save
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/iiif_resource.rb b/app/models/iiif_resource.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69d45f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/iiif_resource.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+class IIIFResource < Spotlight::Resource
+  # If a manifest_url if provided, it is retrieved, parsed and indexed
+  def initialize(manifest_url: nil)
+    super()
+    return if manifest_url.blank?
+    manifest = IIIFResource.parse_manifest(manifest_url)
+    @title = manifest['label']
+    self.url = manifest_url
+
+    self.data ||= {}
+    self.data['thumbnail'] = manifest['thumbnail']['@id'] if manifest['thumbnail']
+    manifest['metadata'].each do |h|
+      self.data[h['label'].parameterize('_')] = h['value'].map { |v| v["@value"] }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def title_field
+    :"#{solr_fields.prefix}spotlight_title#{solr_fields.string_suffix}"
+  end
+
+  def to_solr
+    solr_doc = super
+    solr_doc[title_field] = @title
+
+    data.each do |k, v|
+      solr_doc[(k + solr_fields.string_suffix).to_sym] = v
+    end
+
+    solr_doc
+  end
+
+  def solr_fields
+    Spotlight::Engine.config.solr_fields
+  end
+
+  # Retrieve a IIIF manifest and parse the resulting JSON
+  def self.parse_manifest(manifest_url)
+    conn = Faraday.new(manifest_url)
+    conn.headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'
+    JSON.parse conn.get(manifest_url).body
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/blacklight.yml b/config/blacklight.yml
index e38d79e3..ead72b2a 100644
--- a/config/blacklight.yml
+++ b/config/blacklight.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ development:
   url: <%= ENV['SOLR_URL'] || "http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/blacklight-core" %>
 test: &test
   adapter: solr
-  url: <%= "http://127.0.0.1:#{ENV['TEST_JETTY_PORT'] || 8888}/solr/blacklight-core" %>
+  url: <%= "http://127.0.0.1:#{ENV['TEST_JETTY_PORT'] || 8983}/solr/blacklight-core" %>
 production:
   adapter: solr
   url: <%= ENV['SOLR_URL'] || "http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/blacklight-core" %>
diff --git a/spec/cassettes/iiif_manifest.yml b/spec/cassettes/iiif_manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4f8ff46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cassettes/iiif_manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://hydra-dev.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1r66j1149/manifest
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Faraday v0.9.2
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json; charset=utf-8
+      Transfer-Encoding:
+      - chunked
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Status:
+      - 200 OK
+      Cache-Control:
+      - max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
+      Vary:
+      - Accept
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      X-Request-Id:
+      - 387b8cd9-892b-4524-88e5-9e6459b820f9
+      Etag:
+      - W/"c8f3976d4d4eeadb8deae907589ab584"
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Runtime:
+      - '0.042380'
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      Date:
+      - Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:39:33 GMT
+      X-Powered-By:
+      - Phusion Passenger 5.0.23
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.8.0 + Phusion Passenger 5.0.23
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - "*"
+      Access-Control-Allow-Credentials:
+      - 'true'
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET, POST, OPTIONS
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://hydra-dev.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1r66j1149/manifest","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"Christopher
+        and his kind, 1929-1939","viewingHint":"individuals","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/auth/0/context.json","@id":"https://hydra-dev.princeton.edu/users/auth/cas","label":"Login
+        to Plum using CAS","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/auth/0/login","service":{"hsh":null}},"structures":[{"@id":"https://hydra-dev.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1r66j1149/manifest/range/g70037437469480","@type":"sc:Range","label":"Logical","viewingHint":"top"}],"metadata":[{"label":"Date
+        created","value":[{"@value":"1976"}]}]}'
+    http_version: 
+  recorded_at: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:39:33 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 2.9.3
diff --git a/spec/jobs/iiif_ingest_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/iiif_ingest_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c87174e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/iiif_ingest_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe IIIFIngestJob do
+  let(:url1) { 'http://example.com/1/manifest' }
+  let(:url2) { 'http://example.com/2/manifest' }
+  let(:resource) { IIIFResource.new }
+
+  it 'ingests a single url' do
+    allow_any_instance_of(IIIFResource).to receive(:save)
+    expect(IIIFResource).to receive(:new).with(manifest_url: url1).and_return(resource)
+
+    described_class.new.perform(url1)
+  end
+
+  it 'ingests each of an array of urls' do
+    allow_any_instance_of(IIIFResource).to receive(:save)
+    expect(IIIFResource).to receive(:new).with(manifest_url: url1).and_return(resource)
+    expect(IIIFResource).to receive(:new).with(manifest_url: url2).and_return(resource)
+
+    described_class.new.perform([url1, url2])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/iiif_resource_spec.rb b/spec/models/iiif_resource_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..434d3d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/iiif_resource_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe IIIFResource do
+  context 'with mock http interactions' do
+    let(:url) { 'http://example.com/1/manifest' }
+    let(:json) { '{
+      "@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json",
+      "@id":"http://example.com/1/manifest",
+      "@type":"sc:Manifest",
+      "label":"Sample Manifest",
+      "thumbnail":{
+        "@id":"http://example.com/loris/1.jp2/full/100,/0/default.jpg",
+        "service":{
+          "@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json",
+          "@id":"https://example.com/loris/1.jp2",
+          "profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json" }},
+      "metadata":[
+        { "label": "Creator", "value": [{ "@value": "Author, Alice, 1954-" }] },
+        { "label": "Date created", "value": [{ "@value": "1985" }] }
+      ]}'
+    }
+
+    before do
+      resp = double('response')
+      allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:get).and_return(resp)
+      allow(resp).to receive(:body).and_return(json)
+    end
+
+    describe '#initialize' do
+      it 'loads metadata from the IIIF manifest' do
+        resource = described_class.new(manifest_url: url)
+        expect(resource.url).to eq(url)
+        expect(resource.data['thumbnail']).to eq('http://example.com/loris/1.jp2/full/100,/0/default.jpg')
+        expect(resource.data['creator']).to eq(['Author, Alice, 1954-'])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#parse_manifest' do
+      it 'retrieves and parses an IIIF manifest' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:get).with(url)
+        manifest = described_class.parse_manifest(url)
+        expect(manifest['@id']).to eq(url)
+        expect(manifest['label']).to eq('Sample Manifest')
+        expect(manifest['thumbnail']['@id']).to eq('http://example.com/loris/1.jp2/full/100,/0/default.jpg')
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#to_solr' do
+      subject { described_class.new(manifest_url: url) }
+      before do
+        exhibit = Spotlight::Exhibit.new
+        allow(exhibit).to receive(:blacklight_config).and_return(Blacklight::Configuration.new)
+        subject.exhibit = exhibit
+      end
+
+      it 'indexes iiif metadata' do
+        solr_doc = subject.to_solr
+        expect(solr_doc[:spotlight_title_ssim]).to eq('Sample Manifest')
+        expect(solr_doc[:thumbnail_ssim]).to eq('http://example.com/loris/1.jp2/full/100,/0/default.jpg')
+        expect(solr_doc[:creator_ssim]).to eq(['Author, Alice, 1954-'])
+        expect(solr_doc[:date_created_ssim]).to eq(['1985'])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with recorded http interactions', vcr: { cassette_name: 'iiif_manifest' } do
+    let(:url) { 'https://hydra-dev.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1r66j1149/manifest' }
+    it 'ingests a iiif manifest' do
+      exhibit = Spotlight::Exhibit.create title: 'Exhibit A'
+      resource = IIIFResource.new manifest_url: url
+      resource.exhibit = exhibit
+      expect(resource.save).to be true
+
+      reloaded = IIIFResource.last
+      expect(reloaded.url).to eq url
+      expect(reloaded.data['date_created']).to eq ['1976']
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a2467d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe User do
+  let(:email) { 'user@example.com' }
+  subject { User.new email: email }
+  it 'has an email address' do
+    expect(subject.to_s).to eq email
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/vcr.rb b/spec/support/vcr.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..697b05e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/vcr.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'vcr'
+
+VCR.configure do |c|
+  c.cassette_library_dir = 'spec/cassettes'
+  c.hook_into :webmock
+  c.ignore_localhost = true
+  c.configure_rspec_metadata!
+end