diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/edit-collection-page/collection-source/collection-source.component.ts b/src/app/+collection-page/edit-collection-page/collection-source/collection-source.component.ts
index 92dba10ce8..78c7badf51 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/edit-collection-page/collection-source/collection-source.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/edit-collection-page/collection-source/collection-source.component.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ export class CollectionSourceComponent extends AbstractTrackableComponent implem
    */
   updateSub: Subscription;
 
+  /**
+   * The content harvesting type used when harvesting is disabled
+   */
   harvestTypeNone = ContentSourceHarvestType.None;
 
   public constructor(public objectUpdatesService: ObjectUpdatesService,
@@ -371,6 +374,7 @@ export class CollectionSourceComponent extends AbstractTrackableComponent implem
 
   /**
    * Loop over all inputs and update the Content Source with their value
+   * @param updateHarvestType   When set to false, the harvestType of the contentSource will be ignored in the update
    */
   updateContentSource(updateHarvestType: boolean) {
     this.inputModels.forEach(
@@ -383,7 +387,8 @@ export class CollectionSourceComponent extends AbstractTrackableComponent implem
 
   /**
    * Update the Content Source with the value from a DynamicInputModel
-   * @param fieldModel
+   * @param fieldModel          The fieldModel to fetch the value from and update the contentSource with
+   * @param updateHarvestType   When set to false, the harvestType of the contentSource will be ignored in the update
    */
   updateContentSourceField(fieldModel: DynamicInputModel, updateHarvestType: boolean) {
     if (hasValue(fieldModel.value) && !(fieldModel.id === this.harvestTypeModel.id && !updateHarvestType)) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
index a858469466..fedb666052 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
@@ -74,12 +74,20 @@ export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<Collection> {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the endpoint for the collection's content harvester
+   * @param collectionId
+   */
   getHarvesterEndpoint(collectionId: string): Observable<string> {
     return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
       map((href: string) => `${href}/${collectionId}/harvester`)
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the collection's content harvester
+   * @param collectionId
+   */
   getContentSource(collectionId: string): Observable<ContentSource> {
     return this.getHarvesterEndpoint(collectionId).pipe(
       map((href: string) => new ContentSourceRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href)),
@@ -91,6 +99,11 @@ export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<Collection> {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Update the settings of the collection's content harvester
+   * @param collectionId
+   * @param contentSource
+   */
   updateContentSource(collectionId: string, contentSource: ContentSource): Observable<ContentSource> {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
     const serializedContentSource = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(ContentSource).serialize(contentSource);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/content-source-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/content-source-response-parsing.service.ts
index 34e9360dd7..649a8f9b96 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/content-source-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/content-source-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,26 @@ import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.
 import { ContentSourceSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
 import { ContentSource } from '../shared/content-source.model';
+import { MetadataConfig } from '../shared/metadata-config.model';
 
 @Injectable()
+/**
+ * A ResponseParsingService used to parse DSpaceRESTV2Response coming from the REST API to a ContentSource object
+ * wrapped in a ContentSourceSuccessResponse
+ */
 export class ContentSourceResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     const payload = data.payload;
 
     const deserialized = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(ContentSource).deserialize(payload);
+
+    let metadataConfigs = [];
+    if (payload._embedded && payload._embedded.metadata_configs && payload._embedded.metadata_configs.configs) {
+      metadataConfigs = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(MetadataConfig).serializeArray(payload._embedded.metadata_configs.configs);
+    }
+    deserialized.metadataConfigs = metadataConfigs;
+
     return new ContentSourceSuccessResponse(deserialized, data.statusCode, data.statusText);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/content-source.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/content-source.model.ts
index 76df1f10ce..a2df90027f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/content-source.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/content-source.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, deserializeAs, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { MetadataConfig } from './metadata-config.model';
 
+/**
+ * The type of content harvesting used
+ */
 export enum ContentSourceHarvestType {
   None = 'NONE',
   Metadata = 'METADATA_ONLY',
@@ -43,6 +47,11 @@ export class ContentSource {
   @autoserializeAs('harvest_type')
   harvestType = ContentSourceHarvestType.None;
 
+  /**
+   * The available metadata configurations
+   */
+  metadataConfigs: MetadataConfig[];
+
   /**
    * The REST link to itself
    */
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-config.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-config.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..861d04586e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-config.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * A model class that holds information about a certain metadata configuration
+ */
+export class MetadataConfig {
+  /**
+   * A unique indentifier
+   */
+  id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The label used for display
+   */
+  label: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The namespace of the metadata
+   */
+  nameSpace: string;
+}