diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/items.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/items.scss
index 2e04f087..206f7c55 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/items.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/items.scss
@@ -1,13 +1,41 @@
-.item input, .item textarea {
-  width: 50rem;
-  display: block;
-}
+.item {
+  input, textarea {
+    width: 50rem;
+    display: block;
+  }
+
+  select {
+    width: 35rem;
+    margin-right: 2rem;
+    height: 1.9rem;
+  }
+
+  button.delete_value {
+    width: 13rem;
+  }
+
+  button.add_value {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 0.25rem;
+  }
 
-.item .required {
-  font-style: italic;
+  .required {
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+
+  label {
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  }
 }
 
-#choose_blueprint button {
-  display: block;
-  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+#choose_blueprint {
+  width: fit-content;
+
+  button {
+    display: block;
+    width: 100%;
+    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  }
 }
+
+
diff --git a/app/helpers/t3_form_builder.rb b/app/helpers/t3_form_builder.rb
index 8b5d6073..e9425ddb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/t3_form_builder.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/t3_form_builder.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Custom form controls to support T3 field-specific data types
 # e.g. #vacabulary provides a customized select populated with a defined vocabulary
 class T3FormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
-  def vocabulary(method, options = {})
+  def vocabulary_field(method, options = {})
     multiple = options.delete(:multiple)
     selected = options.delete(:value) || ''
     select_options = options.except(:multiple)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def vocabulary(method, options = {})
                               { name: @template.field_name(@object_name, method, multiple: multiple) }
                             )
                             .merge({ selected: selected })
-    option_tags = @template.options_from_collection_for_select(Collection.order(:created_at), :id, :id, selected)
+    option_tags = @template.options_from_collection_for_select(Collection.order(:created_at), :label, :label, selected)
     select(method, option_tags, { prompt: 'Select one', selected: '', disabled: true }, select_options)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/field.rb b/app/models/field.rb
index 219017bd..9e92ca17 100644
--- a/app/models/field.rb
+++ b/app/models/field.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class Field < ApplicationRecord
     integer: 3,
     float: 4,
     date: 5,
-    boolean: 6
+    boolean: 6,
+    vocabulary: 7
   }
 
   TYPE_TO_SOLR = {
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ class Field < ApplicationRecord
     'integer' => 'lt',
     'float' => 'dbt',
     'date' => 'dt',
-    'boolean' => 'b'
+    'boolean' => 'b',
+    'vocabulary' => 's'
   }.freeze
 
   TYPE_TO_HELPER = {
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ class Field < ApplicationRecord
     'integer' => :number_field,
     'float' => :number_field,
     'date' => :date_field,
-    'boolean' => :check_box
+    'boolean' => :check_box,
+    'vocabulary' => :vocabulary_field
   }.freeze
 
   validates :name, presence: true
@@ -98,6 +101,10 @@ def move(position) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
     end
   end
 
+  def form_helper
+    TYPE_TO_HELPER[data_type]
+  end
+
   private
 
   def clear_solr_field
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index df60a726..d8e77ce9 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ def prune_orphans(batch, previously_checked)
     end
   end
 
+  def label
+    metadata[label_field]
+  end
+
   def to_partial_path
     "admin/#{super}"
   end
@@ -115,4 +119,8 @@ def required_fields_present
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def label_field
+    @label_field ||= blueprint.fields.first.name
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/items/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/items/_form.html.erb
index b7d6cc35..4f3806fe 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/items/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/items/_form.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%= form_with(model: item, scope: 'item', id: 'item_fields', class: 'item') do |form| %>
+<%= form_with(model: item, scope: 'item', id: 'item_fields', class: 'item', builder: T3FormBuilder) do |form| %>
   <% if item.errors.any? %>
     <div style="color: red">
       <h2><%= pluralize(item.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this item from being saved:</h2>
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@
         <label>
           <%= field.name -%>
           <%= content_tag(:span, '(required)', class: 'required') if field.required -%>
+          <br/>
 
-          <% field_method = Field::TYPE_TO_HELPER[field.data_type] %>
           <% if field.multiple %>
             <% item_detail.object[field.name] ||= [nil] %>
             <% item_detail.object[field.name].each.with_index(1) do |value, index| %>
-              <%= item_detail.send(field_method, field.name,
+              <%= item_detail.send(field.form_helper, field.name,
                                    value: value, id: item_detail.field_id(field.name, index),
                                    multiple: field.multiple, aria: {label: field.name + " #{index}",
                                                                     required: field.required}) %>
               <%= form.button t('t3.item.delete_entry', field: field.name, index: index), name: 'refresh', value: ['delete', field.name, index], class: 'delete_value' %>
+              <br/>
             <% end %>
             <%= form.button t('t3.item.add_entry', field: field.name), name: 'refresh', value: ['add', field.name, -1], class: 'add_value' %>
           <% else %>
-            <%= item_detail.send(field_method, field.name, multiple: field.multiple,
+            <%= item_detail.send(field.form_helper, field.name, multiple: field.multiple,
                                  aria: {label: field.name, required: field.required}) %>
           <% end %>
         </label>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/t3_form_builder_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/t3_form_builder_spec.rb
index ac8d091c..6e0e619f 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/t3_form_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/t3_form_builder_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   let(:tag_options) { {} }
 
   describe '#vocabulary' do
-    let(:vocabulary_helper) { Capybara.string(form_builder.vocabulary(:collection, tag_options)) }
+    let(:vocabulary_helper) { Capybara.string(form_builder.vocabulary_field(:collection, tag_options)) }
 
     it 'renders a select with the expected id' do
       expect(vocabulary_helper).to have_select('item[metadata][collection]')
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
       let(:tag_options) { { value: 'Green' } }
 
       before do
-        collections = [OpenStruct.new({ id: 'Red' }), OpenStruct.new({ id: 'Green' }), OpenStruct.new({ id: 'Blue' })]
+        collections = [
+          instance_double(Collection, { label: 'Red', id: 5 }),
+          instance_double(Collection, { label: 'Green', id: 20 }),
+          instance_double(Collection, { label: 'Blue', id: 25 })
+        ]
         allow(Collection).to receive(:order).and_return(collections)
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/field_spec.rb b/spec/models/field_spec.rb
index 79591d88..a833c611 100644
--- a/spec/models/field_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/field_spec.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#form_helper' do
+    it 'is defined for each data_type' do
+      described_class.data_types.each_key do |data_type|
+        field.data_type = data_type
+        expect(field.form_helper).to be_present, "Missing form_helper mapping for data_type: #{data_type}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#solr_suffix' do
     it 'ends in "m" for multivalued fields' do
       field.multiple = true
diff --git a/spec/models/item_spec.rb b/spec/models/item_spec.rb
index 32cf1db6..b1e9eca3 100644
--- a/spec/models/item_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/item_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   let(:new_item) { described_class.new(metadata: basic_description) }
   let(:basic_description) do
     {
-      'Title' => 'One Hundred Years of Solitute',
+      'Title' => 'One Hundred Years of Solitude',
       'Author' => ['Márquez, Gabriel García'],
       'Date' => '1967'
     }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   let(:solr_doc) do
     {
       'blueprint_ssi' => 'Sample Blueprint',
-      'title_tesi' => 'One Hundred Years of Solitute',
+      'title_tesi' => 'One Hundred Years of Solitude',
       'author_tesim' => ['Márquez, Gabriel García'],
       'date_ltsi' => '1967'
     }
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#label' do
+    let(:blueprint) { FactoryBot.build(:blueprint, name: 'Sample Blueprint') }
+    let(:new_item) { described_class.new(blueprint: blueprint, metadata: basic_description.as_json) }
+
+    it 'returns the value of the bluprint title field' do
+      allow(blueprint).to receive(:fields).and_return(
+        [FactoryBot.build(:field, name: 'Title', data_type: 'text_en')]
+      )
+      expect(new_item.label).to eq 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#to_solr' do
     let(:blueprint) { FactoryBot.build(:blueprint, name: 'Sample Blueprint') }
     let(:new_item) { described_class.new(blueprint: blueprint, metadata: basic_description.as_json) }
diff --git a/spec/views/admin/collections/edit.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/admin/collections/edit.html.erb_spec.rb
index 1455e4d8..4dc9443f 100644
--- a/spec/views/admin/collections/edit.html.erb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/admin/collections/edit.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -168,4 +168,32 @@
       expect(rendered).to have_button('refresh', value: 'delete keyword 2')
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'a vocabulary field' do
+    let(:vocabulary_field) do
+      FactoryBot.build(:field, name: 'collection', data_type: 'vocabulary', multiple: false, id: 1, sequence: 1)
+    end
+
+    before do
+      collections = [
+        instance_double(Collection, { id: 1, label: 'Cyan' }),
+        instance_double(Collection, { id: 2, label: 'Magenta' }),
+        instance_double(Collection, { id: 4, label: 'Yellow' })
+      ]
+      allow(Collection).to receive(:order).and_return(collections)
+    end
+
+    it 'renders a slection list' do
+      allow(blueprint).to receive(:fields).and_return([vocabulary_field])
+      render
+      expect(rendered).to have_select('item[metadata][collection]')
+    end
+
+    it 'lists available values' do
+      allow(blueprint).to receive(:fields).and_return([vocabulary_field])
+      render
+      select_options = Capybara.string(rendered).all('select option').map(&:text)
+      expect(select_options).to include('Cyan', 'Magenta', 'Yellow')
+    end
+  end
 end