diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/spotlight/blacklight_configuration.js b/app/assets/javascripts/spotlight/blacklight_configuration.js
index 2376b48ec..c49f796bc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/spotlight/blacklight_configuration.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/spotlight/blacklight_configuration.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 Spotlight.onLoad(function() {
+  // Add Select/Deselect all button behavior
+  addCheckboxToggleBehavior();
+
   // Initialize Nestable for nested pages
   $('#nested-fields .metadata_fields').nestable({maxDepth: 1, listNodeName: "tbody", itemNodeName: "tr", expandBtnHTML: "", collapseBtnHTML: "" });
   $('#nested-fields.facet_fields').nestable({maxDepth: 1});
@@ -35,3 +38,46 @@ Spotlight.onLoad(function() {
     return false;
   });
 });
+
+// Add Select/Deselect all button behavior
+function addCheckboxToggleBehavior() {
+  $("[data-behavior='metadata-select']").each(function(){
+    var button = $(this)
+    var parentCell = button.parents("th");
+    var table = parentCell.closest("table");
+    var columnRows = $("tr td:nth-child(" + (parentCell.index() + 1) + ")", table);
+    var checkboxes = $("input[type='checkbox']", columnRows);
+    swapSelectAllButtonText(button, columnRows);
+    // Add the check/uncheck behavior to the button
+    // and swap the button text if necessary
+    button.on('click', function(e){
+      e.preventDefault();
+      var allChecked = allCheckboxesChecked(columnRows);
+      columnRows.each(function(){
+        $("input[type='checkbox']", $(this)).prop('checked', !allChecked);
+        swapSelectAllButtonText(button, columnRows);
+      });
+    });
+    // Swap button text when a checkbox value changes
+    checkboxes.each(function(){
+      $(this).on('change', function(){
+        swapSelectAllButtonText(button, columnRows);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  // Check number of checkboxes against the number of checked
+  // checkboxes to determine if all of them are checked or not
+  function allCheckboxesChecked(elements) {
+    return ($("input[type='checkbox']", elements).length == $("input[type='checkbox']:checked", elements).length)
+  }
+  // Swap the button text to "Deselect all"
+  // when all the checkboxes are checked and
+  // "Select all" when any are unchecked
+  function swapSelectAllButtonText(button, elements) {
+    if ( allCheckboxesChecked(elements) ) {
+      button.text(button.data('deselect-text'));
+    } else {
+      button.text(button.data('select-text'));
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/spotlight/_blacklight_configuration.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/spotlight/_blacklight_configuration.css.scss
index 2e41cf114..4ea6e1abb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/spotlight/_blacklight_configuration.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/spotlight/_blacklight_configuration.css.scss
@@ -56,5 +56,8 @@
     }
     text-align:center;
   }
-
+  .metadata-select {
+    display: inline-block;
+    min-width: 72px;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/helpers/spotlight/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/spotlight/application_helper.rb
index 52aa6ed5a..111482ec8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/spotlight/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/spotlight/application_helper.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ def render_save_this_search?
       (params[:controller] != "spotlight_catalog_controller" && params[:action] != "admin")
     end
 
+    def select_deselect_button
+      button_tag(
+        t(:".deselect_all"),
+        class: "btn btn-default btn-xs metadata-select",
+        data: {
+          :behavior        => "metadata-select",
+          :'deselect-text' => t(:".deselect_all"),
+          :'select-text'   => t(:".select_all")
+        }
+      )
+    end
+
     private
 
     def field_enabled? field, view = nil
diff --git a/app/views/spotlight/blacklight_configurations/edit_metadata_fields.html.erb b/app/views/spotlight/blacklight_configurations/edit_metadata_fields.html.erb
index b6a08eff5..a3786546f 100644
--- a/app/views/spotlight/blacklight_configurations/edit_metadata_fields.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/spotlight/blacklight_configurations/edit_metadata_fields.html.erb
@@ -10,10 +10,19 @@
       <thead>
         <tr>
           <th><%= t :'.fields.label' %></th>
-          <th><%= t :'.view.show', default: t(:'blacklight.search.view.show') %></th>
+          <th>
+            <div>
+              <%= t :'.view.show', default: t(:'blacklight.search.view.show') %>
+            </div>
+            <%= select_deselect_button %>
+          </th>
           <% @blacklight_configuration.blacklight_config.view.keys.each do |type| %>
-
-          <th><%= t :".view.#{type}", default: t(:".view.#{type}") %></th>
+            <th>
+              <div>
+                <%= t :".view.#{type}", default: t(:".view.#{type}") %>
+              </div>
+              <%= select_deselect_button %>
+            </th>
           <% end %>
         </tr>
       </thead>
diff --git a/config/locales/spotlight.en.yml b/config/locales/spotlight.en.yml
index 93c3970b7..b5a815920 100644
--- a/config/locales/spotlight.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/spotlight.en.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ en:
       edit_metadata_fields:
         field:
           label: "Field name"
+        deselect_all: "Deselect all"
+        select_all: "Select all"
         header: "Metadata"
         order_header: "Display and Order Metadata Fields"
         exhibit_specific:
diff --git a/spec/features/javascript/metadata_admin_spec.rb b/spec/features/javascript/metadata_admin_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eda3db810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/javascript/metadata_admin_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+feature "Metadata Administration", js: true do
+  let(:exhibit) { FactoryGirl.create(:exhibit) }
+  let(:admin) { FactoryGirl.create(:exhibit_admin, exhibit: exhibit) }
+  before { login_as admin }
+  describe "Select/Deselect all button" do
+    it "should deselect all checkboxes when all are selected" do
+      visit spotlight.exhibit_edit_metadata_path exhibit
+      # No checkboxes should be unchecked
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("tr td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']:not(:checked)")
+      within("tr th:nth-child(2)") do
+        click_button "Deselect all"
+        expect(page).to have_css("button", text: "Select all", visible: true)
+      end
+      # No checkboxes should be checked
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("tr td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']:checked")
+    end
+    it "should select all checkboxes when any are unselected" do
+      visit spotlight.exhibit_edit_metadata_path exhibit
+      # No checkboxes should be unchecked
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("tr td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']:not(:checked)")
+      first_button_area = find("tr th:nth-child(2)")
+      within first_button_area do
+        expect(page).to have_css("button", text: "Deselect all")
+      end
+      # Uncheck first checkbox
+      find("tr:first-child td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']").set(false)
+      # A checkbox should be checked
+      expect(page).to have_css("tr td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']:checked")
+      within first_button_area do
+        click_button "Select all"
+      end
+      # No checkboxes should be unchecked
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("tr td:nth-child(2) input[type='checkbox']:not(:checked)")
+    end
+  end
+end
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