diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.html b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.html
index 8706b40ee0..7f1e8716ba 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="sidebar-section">
     <a class="nav-item nav-link d-flex flex-row flex-nowrap"
-       [ngClass]="{ disabled: !hasLink }"
-       [attr.aria-disabled]="!hasLink"
+       [ngClass]="{ disabled: isDisabled }"
+       [attr.aria-disabled]="isDisabled"
        [attr.aria-labelledby]="'sidebarName-' + section.id"
        [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate"
        [routerLink]="itemModel.link"
diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
index 14d5d38199..94131bd115 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -17,38 +17,86 @@ describe('AdminSidebarSectionComponent', () => {
   const menuService = new MenuServiceStub();
   const iconString = 'test';
 
-  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      imports: [NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [AdminSidebarSectionComponent, TestComponent],
-      providers: [
-        { provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: { model: { link: 'google.com' }, icon: iconString } },
-        { provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService },
-        { provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub },
-      ]
-    }).overrideComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent, {
-      set: {
-        entryComponents: [TestComponent]
-      }
-    })
-      .compileComponents();
-  }));
+  describe('when not disabled', () => {
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
-    spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
-    fixture.detectChanges();
+    beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+        declarations: [AdminSidebarSectionComponent, TestComponent],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: {model: {link: 'google.com'}, icon: iconString}},
+          {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+          {provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub},
+        ]
+      }).overrideComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent, {
+        set: {
+          entryComponents: [TestComponent]
+        }
+      })
+        .compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent);
+      component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should create', () => {
+      expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should set the right icon', () => {
+      const icon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.shortcut-icon')).query(By.css('i.fas'));
+      expect(icon.nativeElement.getAttribute('class')).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
+    });
+    it('should not contain the disabled class', () => {
+      const disabled = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.disabled'));
+      expect(disabled).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+  });
+  describe('when disabled', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+        declarations: [AdminSidebarSectionComponent, TestComponent],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: {model: {link: 'google.com', disabled: true}, icon: iconString}},
+          {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+          {provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub},
+        ]
+      }).overrideComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent, {
+        set: {
+          entryComponents: [TestComponent]
+        }
+      })
+        .compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AdminSidebarSectionComponent);
+      component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should create', () => {
+      expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should set the right icon', () => {
+      const icon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.shortcut-icon')).query(By.css('i.fas'));
+      expect(icon.nativeElement.getAttribute('class')).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
+    });
+    it('should contain the disabled class', () => {
+      const disabled = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.disabled'));
+      expect(disabled).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
 
-  it('should create', () => {
-    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
-  it('should set the right icon', () => {
-    const icon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.shortcut-icon')).query(By.css('i.fas'));
-    expect(icon.nativeElement.getAttribute('class')).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
-  });
 });
 
 // declare a test component
diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.ts
index 50f9f8a79e..620681c654 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { MenuService } from '../../../shared/menu/menu.service';
 import { rendersSectionForMenu } from '../../../shared/menu/menu-section.decorator';
 import { LinkMenuItemModel } from '../../../shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model';
 import { MenuSection } from '../../../shared/menu/menu.reducer';
-import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { isEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ export class AdminSidebarSectionComponent extends MenuSectionComponent implement
    */
   menuID: MenuID = MenuID.ADMIN;
   itemModel;
-  hasLink: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Boolean to indicate whether this section is disabled
+   */
+  isDisabled: boolean;
+
   constructor(
     @Inject('sectionDataProvider') menuSection: MenuSection,
     protected menuService: MenuService,
@@ -38,13 +43,13 @@ export class AdminSidebarSectionComponent extends MenuSectionComponent implement
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.hasLink = isNotEmpty(this.itemModel?.link);
+    this.isDisabled = this.itemModel?.disabled || isEmpty(this.itemModel?.link);
     super.ngOnInit();
   }
 
   navigate(event: any): void {
     event.preventDefault();
-    if (this.hasLink) {
+    if (this.isDisabled) {
       this.router.navigate(this.itemModel.link);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
index 734c3d2ef9..259dbd1060 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
      [attr.aria-labelledby]="'sidebarName-' + section.id"
      [attr.aria-expanded]="expanded | async"
      [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate"
+       [class.disabled]="section.model.disabled"
      (click)="toggleSection($event)"
      (keyup.space)="toggleSection($event)"
      (keyup.enter)="toggleSection($event)"
diff --git a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routing.module.ts
index 5879e523af..c5759f833f 100644
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { CollectionPageAdministratorGuard } from './collection-page-administrato
 import { MenuItemType } from '../shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
 import { LinkMenuItemModel } from '../shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model';
 import { ThemedCollectionPageComponent } from './themed-collection-page.component';
+import { DSOEditMenuResolver } from '../shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ import { ThemedCollectionPageComponent } from './themed-collection-page.componen
         path: ':id',
         resolve: {
           dso: CollectionPageResolver,
-          breadcrumb: CollectionBreadcrumbResolver
+          breadcrumb: CollectionBreadcrumbResolver,
+          menu: DSOEditMenuResolver
         },
         runGuardsAndResolvers: 'always',
         children: [
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ import { ThemedCollectionPageComponent } from './themed-collection-page.componen
     DSOBreadcrumbsService,
     LinkService,
     CreateCollectionPageGuard,
-    CollectionPageAdministratorGuard
+    CollectionPageAdministratorGuard,
+    DSOEditMenuResolver
   ]
 })
 export class CollectionPageRoutingModule {
diff --git a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html
index 9d598a3b69..b0301691e7 100644
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
                           [title]="'collection.page.news'">
                   </ds-comcol-page-content>
                 </header>
-                <div class="pl-2">
-                  <ds-dso-page-edit-button *ngIf="isCollectionAdmin$ | async"  [pageRoute]="collectionPageRoute$ | async" [dso]="collection" [tooltipMsg]="'collection.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-                </div>
+                  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
               </div>
               <section class="comcol-page-browse-section">
               <!-- Browse-By Links -->
diff --git a/src/app/community-page/community-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/community-page/community-page-routing.module.ts
index ad1b1fd2f2..ac90f3618c 100644
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { CommunityPageAdministratorGuard } from './community-page-administrator.
 import { MenuItemType } from '../shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
 import { LinkMenuItemModel } from '../shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model';
 import { ThemedCommunityPageComponent } from './themed-community-page.component';
+import { DSOEditMenuResolver } from '../shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ import { ThemedCommunityPageComponent } from './themed-community-page.component'
         path: ':id',
         resolve: {
           dso: CommunityPageResolver,
-          breadcrumb: CommunityBreadcrumbResolver
+          breadcrumb: CommunityBreadcrumbResolver,
+          menu: DSOEditMenuResolver
         },
         runGuardsAndResolvers: 'always',
         children: [
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ import { ThemedCommunityPageComponent } from './themed-community-page.component'
     DSOBreadcrumbsService,
     LinkService,
     CreateCommunityPageGuard,
-    CommunityPageAdministratorGuard
+    CommunityPageAdministratorGuard,
+    DSOEditMenuResolver
   ]
 })
 export class CommunityPageRoutingModule {
diff --git a/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html b/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html
index cf7282eb4b..cee13eadd6 100644
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
             [title]="'community.page.news'">
           </ds-comcol-page-content>
         </header>
-        <div class="pl-2">
-          <ds-dso-page-edit-button *ngIf="isCommunityAdmin$ | async" [pageRoute]="communityPageRoute$ | async" [dso]="communityPayload" [tooltipMsg]="'community.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-        </div>
+        <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
       </div>
       <section class="comcol-page-browse-section">
         <!-- Browse-By Links -->
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
index 5847be7dd2..94dc81fc8f 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'journalissue.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'journalissue.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
index a0a25766ef..b472f4e648 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'journalvolume.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'journalvolume.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
index af3ac85959..9b11409a31 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'journal.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'journal.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html
index c9ea8fb549..21b36de722 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'orgunit.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['organization.legalName'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'orgunit.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html
index 5c2fd227fd..c23b543011 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'person.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="[object?.firstMetadata('person.familyName'), object?.firstMetadata('person.givenName')]" [separator]="', '"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'person.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html
index 8f2ff6adcd..b9a1a30225 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'project.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'project.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
index d2655c4ad0..8bb7860aaa 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
       <ds-view-tracker [object]="item"></ds-view-tracker>
       <div class="d-flex flex-row">
         <ds-item-page-title-field class="mr-auto" [item]="item"></ds-item-page-title-field>
-        <div class="pl-2">
-          <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute$ | async" [dso]="item" [tooltipMsg]="'item.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-        </div>
+        <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
       </div>
       <div class="simple-view-link my-3" *ngIf="!fromWfi">
         <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[(itemPageRoute$ | async)]">
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
index 7d7912bb42..1c4da9a267 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/item-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { ThemedFullItemPageComponent } from './full/themed-full-item-page.compon
 import { VersionPageComponent } from './version-page/version-page/version-page.component';
 import { BitstreamRequestACopyPageComponent } from '../shared/bitstream-request-a-copy-page/bitstream-request-a-copy-page.component';
 import { REQUEST_COPY_MODULE_PATH } from '../app-routing-paths';
+import { DSOEditMenuResolver } from '../shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ import { REQUEST_COPY_MODULE_PATH } from '../app-routing-paths';
         path: ':id',
         resolve: {
           dso: ItemPageResolver,
-          breadcrumb: ItemBreadcrumbResolver
+          breadcrumb: ItemBreadcrumbResolver,
+          menu: DSOEditMenuResolver
         },
         runGuardsAndResolvers: 'always',
         children: [
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ import { REQUEST_COPY_MODULE_PATH } from '../app-routing-paths';
     LinkService,
     ItemPageAdministratorGuard,
     VersionResolver,
+    DSOEditMenuResolver
   ]
 
 })
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/item-page.module.ts b/src/app/item-page/item-page.module.ts
index 80cb1f61a2..7ae45ceb44 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/item-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/item-page.module.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import { MediaViewerImageComponent } from './media-viewer/media-viewer-image/med
 import { NgxGalleryModule } from '@kolkov/ngx-gallery';
 import { MiradorViewerComponent } from './mirador-viewer/mirador-viewer.component';
 import { VersionPageComponent } from './version-page/version-page/version-page.component';
-import { VersionedItemComponent } from './simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component';
 import { ThemedFileSectionComponent } from './simple/field-components/file-section/themed-file-section.component';
 
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
   ],
   declarations: [
     ...DECLARATIONS,
-    VersionedItemComponent
   ],
   exports: [
     ...DECLARATIONS
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
index bace9fcd0a..242dbf2a3b 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     {{'publication.page.titleprefix' | translate}}<ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'publication.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+    <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html
index 04794717f1..c9c88fa085 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@
   <h2 class="item-page-title-field mr-auto">
     <ds-metadata-values [mdValues]="object?.allMetadata(['dc.title'])"></ds-metadata-values>
   </h2>
-  <div class="pl-2">
-    <ds-dso-page-version-button (newVersionEvent)="onCreateNewVersion()" [dso]="object"
-                                [tooltipMsgCreate]="'item.page.version.create'"
-                                [tooltipMsgHasDraft]="'item.page.version.hasDraft'"></ds-dso-page-version-button>
-    <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute" [dso]="object" [tooltipMsg]="'item.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
-  </div>
+  <ds-dso-edit-menu></ds-dso-edit-menu>
+
 </div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.ts
index 3ce33dc90a..ead62008de 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
-import { VersionedItemComponent } from '../versioned-item/versioned-item.component';
+import { ItemComponent } from '../shared/item.component';
 
 /**
  * Component that represents a publication Item page
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ import { VersionedItemComponent } from '../versioned-item/versioned-item.compone
   templateUrl: './untyped-item.component.html',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
-export class UntypedItemComponent extends VersionedItemComponent {
+export class UntypedItemComponent extends ItemComponent {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.scss b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eff51b1019..0000000000
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-
-import { VersionedItemComponent } from './versioned-item.component';
-import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../../core/data/version-history-data.service';
-import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { VersionDataService } from '../../../../core/data/version-data.service';
-import { NotificationsService } from '../../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
-import { ItemVersionsSharedService } from '../../../../shared/item/item-versions/item-versions-shared.service';
-import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
-import { buildPaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { MetadataMap } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata.models';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, mockRouteService } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
-import { SearchService } from '../../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
-import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { Version } from '../../../../core/shared/version.model';
-import { RouteService } from '../../../../core/services/route.service';
-
-const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
-  bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(buildPaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [])),
-  metadata: new MetadataMap(),
-  relationships: createRelationshipsObservable(),
-  _links: {
-    self: {
-      href: 'item-href'
-    },
-    version: {
-      href: 'version-href'
-    }
-  }
-});
-
-
-@Component({template: ''})
-class DummyComponent {
-}
-
-describe('VersionedItemComponent', () => {
-  let component: VersionedItemComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<VersionedItemComponent>;
-
-  let versionService: VersionDataService;
-  let versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService;
-
-  const versionServiceSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('versionService', {
-    findByHref: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$<Version>(new Version()),
-  });
-
-  const versionHistoryServiceSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('versionHistoryService', {
-    createVersion: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$<Version>(new Version()),
-  });
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [VersionedItemComponent, DummyComponent],
-      imports: [RouterTestingModule],
-      providers: [
-        { provide: VersionHistoryDataService, useValue: versionHistoryServiceSpy },
-        { provide: TranslateService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: VersionDataService, useValue: versionServiceSpy },
-        { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: ItemVersionsSharedService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: WorkspaceitemDataService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: SearchService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: ItemDataService, useValue: {} },
-        { provide: RouteService, useValue: mockRouteService }
-      ]
-    }).compileComponents();
-    versionService = TestBed.inject(VersionDataService);
-    versionHistoryService = TestBed.inject(VersionHistoryDataService);
-  });
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(VersionedItemComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
-    component.object = mockItem;
-    fixture.detectChanges();
-  });
-
-  it('should create', () => {
-    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
-  describe('when onCreateNewVersion() is called', () => {
-    it('should call versionService.findByHref', () => {
-      component.onCreateNewVersion();
-      expect(versionService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith('version-href');
-    });
-  });
-
-});
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cd2eb3a19b..0000000000
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { ItemComponent } from '../shared/item.component';
-import { ItemVersionsSummaryModalComponent } from '../../../../shared/item/item-versions/item-versions-summary-modal/item-versions-summary-modal.component';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { Version } from '../../../../core/shared/version.model';
-import { switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../../core/data/version-history-data.service';
-import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { VersionDataService } from '../../../../core/data/version-data.service';
-import { ItemVersionsSharedService } from '../../../../shared/item/item-versions/item-versions-shared.service';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
-import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
-import { SearchService } from '../../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
-import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
-import { RouteService } from '../../../../core/services/route.service';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-versioned-item',
-  templateUrl: './versioned-item.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./versioned-item.component.scss']
-})
-export class VersionedItemComponent extends ItemComponent {
-
-  constructor(
-    private modalService: NgbModal,
-    private versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService,
-    private translateService: TranslateService,
-    private versionService: VersionDataService,
-    private itemVersionShared: ItemVersionsSharedService,
-    private router: Router,
-    private workspaceItemDataService: WorkspaceitemDataService,
-    private searchService: SearchService,
-    private itemService: ItemDataService,
-    protected routeService: RouteService
-  ) {
-    super(routeService);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Open a modal that allows to create a new version starting from the specified item, with optional summary
-   */
-  onCreateNewVersion(): void {
-
-    const item = this.object;
-    const versionHref = item._links.version.href;
-
-    // Open modal
-    const activeModal = this.modalService.open(ItemVersionsSummaryModalComponent);
-
-    // Show current version in modal
-    this.versionService.findByHref(versionHref).pipe(getFirstCompletedRemoteData()).subscribe((res: RemoteData<Version>) => {
-      // if res.hasNoContent then the item is unversioned
-      activeModal.componentInstance.firstVersion = res.hasNoContent;
-      activeModal.componentInstance.versionNumber = (res.hasNoContent ? undefined : res.payload.version);
-    });
-
-    // On createVersionEvent emitted create new version and notify
-    activeModal.componentInstance.createVersionEvent.pipe(
-      switchMap((summary: string) => this.versionHistoryService.createVersion(item._links.self.href, summary)),
-      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
-      // show success/failure notification
-      tap((res: RemoteData<Version>) => { this.itemVersionShared.notifyCreateNewVersion(res); }),
-      // get workspace item
-      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<Version>(),
-      switchMap((newVersion: Version) => this.itemService.findByHref(newVersion._links.item.href)),
-      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<Item>(),
-      switchMap((newVersionItem: Item) => this.workspaceItemDataService.findByItem(newVersionItem.uuid, true, false)),
-      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<WorkspaceItem>(),
-    ).subscribe((wsItem) => {
-      const wsiId = wsItem.id;
-      const route = 'workspaceitems/' + wsiId + '/edit';
-      this.router.navigateByUrl(route);
-    });
-
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
index d8a517dc55..a77b6bc253 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     (mouseenter)="activateSection($event)"
     (mouseleave)="deactivateSection($event)">
     <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" routerLinkActive="active"
+       [class.disabled]="section.model?.disabled"
        id="browseDropdown" (click)="toggleSection($event)"
        data-toggle="dropdown">
         <ng-container
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f1e34b0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MenuServiceStub } from '../testing/menu-service.stub';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { AdminSidebarComponent } from '../../admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component';
+import { MenuService } from '../menu/menu.service';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { MenuID, MenuItemType } from '../menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { DSOEditMenuResolver } from './dso-edit-menu.resolver';
+import { DsoVersioningModalService } from './dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.service';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { createFailedRemoteDataObject$, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../remote-data.utils';
+
+describe('DSOEditMenuResolver', () => {
+
+  const MENU_STATE = {
+    id: 'some menu'
+  };
+
+  let resolver: DSOEditMenuResolver;
+
+  let dSpaceObjectDataService;
+  let menuService;
+  let authorizationService;
+  let dsoVersioningModalService;
+
+  const route = {
+    data: {
+      menu: {
+        'statistics': [{
+          id: 'statistics-dummy-1',
+          active: false,
+          visible: true,
+          model: null
+        }]
+      }
+    },
+    params: {id: 'test-uuid'},
+  };
+
+  const state = {
+    url: 'test-url'
+  };
+
+  const testObject = Object.assign(new Item(), {uuid: 'test-uuid', type: 'item', _links: {self: {href: 'self-link'}}});
+
+  const dummySections1 = [{
+    id: 'dummy-1',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: null
+  },
+    {
+      id: 'dummy-2',
+      active: false,
+      visible: true,
+      model: null
+    }];
+
+  const dummySections2 = [{
+    id: 'dummy-3',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: null
+  },
+    {
+      id: 'dummy-4',
+      active: false,
+      visible: true,
+      model: null
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'dummy-5',
+      active: false,
+      visible: true,
+      model: null
+    }];
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    menuService = new MenuServiceStub();
+    spyOn(menuService, 'getMenu').and.returnValue(observableOf(MENU_STATE));
+
+    dSpaceObjectDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('dSpaceObjectDataService', {
+      findById: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(testObject)
+    });
+    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', {
+      isAuthorized: observableOf(true)
+    });
+    dsoVersioningModalService = jasmine.createSpyObj('dsoVersioningModalService', {
+      isNewVersionButtonDisabled: observableOf(false),
+      getVersioningTooltipMessage: observableOf('message'),
+      openCreateVersionModal: {}
+    });
+
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule],
+      declarations: [AdminSidebarComponent],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: DSpaceObjectDataService, useValue: dSpaceObjectDataService},
+        {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+        {provide: AuthorizationDataService, useValue: authorizationService},
+        {provide: DsoVersioningModalService, useValue: dsoVersioningModalService},
+        {
+          provide: NgbModal, useValue: {
+            open: () => {/*comment*/
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    });
+    resolver = TestBed.inject(DSOEditMenuResolver);
+
+    spyOn(menuService, 'addSection');
+  }));
+
+  it('should be created', () => {
+    expect(resolver).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    it('should create all menus when a dso is found', (done) => {
+      spyOn(resolver, 'getDsoMenus').and.returnValue(
+        [observableOf(dummySections1), observableOf(dummySections2)]
+      );
+      resolver.resolve(route as any, null).subscribe(resolved => {
+        expect(resolved).toEqual(
+          {
+            ...route.data.menu,
+            [MenuID.DSO_EDIT]: [
+              ...dummySections1.map((menu) => Object.assign(menu, {id: menu.id + '-test-uuid'})),
+              ...dummySections2.map((menu) => Object.assign(menu, {id: menu.id + '-test-uuid'}))
+            ]
+          }
+        );
+        expect(resolver.getDsoMenus).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+    it('should return the statistics menu when no dso is found', (done) => {
+      (dSpaceObjectDataService.findById as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(createFailedRemoteDataObject$());
+
+      resolver.resolve(route as any, null).subscribe(resolved => {
+        expect(resolved).toEqual(
+          {
+            ...route.data.menu
+          }
+        );
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  describe('getDsoMenus', () => {
+    it('should return as first part the item version list ', (done) => {
+      const result = resolver.getDsoMenus(testObject, route, state);
+      result[0].subscribe((menuList) => {
+        expect(menuList.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(menuList[0].id).toEqual('version-dso');
+        expect(menuList[0].active).toEqual(false);
+        expect(menuList[0].visible).toEqual(true);
+        expect(menuList[0].model.type).toEqual(MenuItemType.ONCLICK);
+        expect(menuList[0].model.text).toEqual('message');
+        expect(menuList[0].model.disabled).toEqual(false);
+        expect(menuList[0].icon).toEqual('code-branch');
+        done();
+      });
+
+    });
+    it('should return as second part the common list ', (done) => {
+      const result = resolver.getDsoMenus(testObject, route, state);
+      result[1].subscribe((menuList) => {
+        expect(menuList.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(menuList[0].id).toEqual('edit-dso');
+        expect(menuList[0].active).toEqual(false);
+        expect(menuList[0].visible).toEqual(true);
+        expect(menuList[0].model.type).toEqual(MenuItemType.LINK);
+        expect(menuList[0].model.text).toEqual('item.page.edit');
+        expect(menuList[0].model.link).toEqual('test-url/edit/metadata');
+        expect(menuList[0].icon).toEqual('pencil-alt');
+        done();
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..003e61df95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { combineLatest, Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import { MenuID, MenuItemType } from '../menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { MenuService } from '../menu/menu.service';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { LinkMenuItemModel } from '../menu/menu-item/models/link.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { OnClickMenuItemModel } from '../menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
+import { map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.service';
+import { URLCombiner } from '../../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
+import { DsoVersioningModalService } from './dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+import { MenuSection } from '../menu/menu.reducer';
+
+/**
+ * Creates the menus for the dspace object pages
+ */
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class DSOEditMenuResolver implements Resolve<{ [key: string]: MenuSection[] }> {
+
+  constructor(
+    protected dSpaceObjectDataService: DSpaceObjectDataService,
+    protected menuService: MenuService,
+    protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+    protected modalService: NgbModal,
+    protected dsoVersioningModalService: DsoVersioningModalService,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initialise all dspace object related menus
+   */
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<{ [key: string]: MenuSection[] }> {
+    const uuid = route.params.id;
+    return this.dSpaceObjectDataService.findById(uuid, true, false).pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+      switchMap((dsoRD) => {
+        if (dsoRD.hasSucceeded) {
+          const dso = dsoRD.payload;
+          return combineLatest(this.getDsoMenus(dso, route, state)).pipe(
+            map((combinedMenus) => [].concat.apply([], combinedMenus)),
+            map((menus) => this.addDsoUuidToMenuIDs(menus, dso)),
+            map((menus) => {
+              return {
+                ...route.data?.menu,
+                [MenuID.DSO_EDIT]: menus
+              };
+            })
+          );
+        } else {
+          return observableOf({...route.data?.menu});
+        }
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return all the menus for a dso based on the route and state
+   */
+  getDsoMenus(dso, route, state) {
+    return [
+      this.getItemMenu(dso),
+      this.getCommonMenu(dso, state)
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the common menus between all dspace objects
+   */
+  protected getCommonMenu(dso, state): Observable<any[]> {
+    return combineLatest([
+      this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanEditMetadata, dso.self),
+    ]).pipe(
+      map(([canEditItem]) => {
+        return [
+          {
+            id: 'edit-dso',
+            active: false,
+            visible: canEditItem,
+            model: {
+              type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+              text: this.getDsoType(dso) + '.page.edit',
+              link: new URLCombiner(state.url, 'edit', 'metadata').toString()
+            } as LinkMenuItemModel,
+            icon: 'pencil-alt',
+            index: 1
+          },
+        ];
+
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get item sepcific menus
+   */
+  protected getItemMenu(dso): Observable<any[]> {
+    if (dso instanceof Item) {
+      return combineLatest([
+        this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanCreateVersion, dso.self),
+        this.dsoVersioningModalService.isNewVersionButtonDisabled(dso),
+        this.dsoVersioningModalService.getVersioningTooltipMessage(dso, 'item.page.version.hasDraft', 'item.page.version.create')
+      ]).pipe(
+        map(([canCreateVersion, disableVersioning, versionTooltip]) => {
+          return [
+            {
+              id: 'version-dso',
+              active: false,
+              visible: canCreateVersion,
+              model: {
+                type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
+                text: versionTooltip,
+                disabled: disableVersioning,
+                function: () => {
+                  this.dsoVersioningModalService.openCreateVersionModal(dso);
+                }
+              } as OnClickMenuItemModel,
+              icon: 'code-branch',
+              index: 0
+            },
+          ];
+        }),
+      );
+    } else {
+      return observableOf([]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieve the dso or entity type for an object to be used in generic messages
+   */
+  protected getDsoType(dso) {
+    const renderType = dso.getRenderTypes()[0];
+    if (typeof renderType === 'string' || renderType instanceof String) {
+      return renderType.toLowerCase();
+    } else {
+      return dso.type.toString().toLowerCase();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the dso uuid to all provided menu ids and parent ids
+   */
+  protected addDsoUuidToMenuIDs(menus, dso) {
+    return menus.map((menu) => {
+      Object.assign(menu, {
+        id: menu.id + '-' + dso.uuid
+      });
+      if (hasValue(menu.parentID)) {
+        Object.assign(menu, {
+          parentID: menu.parentID + '-' + dso.uuid
+        });
+      }
+      return menu;
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b330b1e87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<div class="dso-button-menu mb-1" ngbDropdown placement="bottom-right">
+    <div class="d-flex flex-row flex-nowrap"
+         [ngbTooltip]="itemModel.text | translate">
+        <button class="btn btn-dark btn-sm" ngbDropdownToggle [disabled]="section.model.disabled">
+            <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
+        </button>
+        <ul ngbDropdownMenu>
+            <ng-container *ngFor="let subSection of (subSections$ | async)">
+                <ng-container
+                        *ngComponentOutlet="(sectionMap$ | async).get(subSection.id).component; injector: (sectionMap$ | async).get(subSection.id).injector;"></ng-container>
+            </ng-container>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.scss b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61ec6347f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+.btn-dark {
+    background-color: var(--ds-admin-sidebar-bg);
+}
+
+.dso-button-menu {
+    .dropdown-toggle::after {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
+ul.dropdown-menu {
+    background-color: var(--ds-admin-sidebar-bg);
+    color: white;
+
+    ::ng-deep a {
+        color: white;
+
+        &.disabled {
+            color: $btn-link-disabled-color;
+        }
+    }
+
+    .disabled {
+        color: $btn-link-disabled-color;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..211fd0bdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MenuServiceStub } from '../../../testing/menu-service.stub';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { MenuService } from '../../../menu/menu.service';
+import { CSSVariableService } from '../../../sass-helper/sass-helper.service';
+import { CSSVariableServiceStub } from '../../../testing/css-variable-service.stub';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router.stub';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent } from './dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component';
+import { MenuItemType } from '../../../menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+describe('DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent', () => {
+  let component: DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent>;
+  const menuService = new MenuServiceStub();
+  const iconString = 'test';
+
+  const dummySection = {
+    id: 'dummy',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: {
+      type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
+      disabled: false,
+      text: 'text'
+    },
+    icon: iconString
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+      declarations: [DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent, TestComponent],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: dummySection},
+        {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+        {provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub},
+        {provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub()},
+      ]
+    }).overrideComponent(DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent, {
+      set: {
+        entryComponents: [TestComponent]
+      }
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    spyOn(menuService, 'getSubSectionsByParentID').and.returnValue(observableOf([]));
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should show a button with the icon', () => {
+    const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.btn-dark'));
+    expect(button.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
+  });
+});
+
+// declare a test component
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-test-cmp',
+  template: ``
+})
+class TestComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0ad28617b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { Component, Inject, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { MenuID } from 'src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { rendersSectionForMenu } from 'src/app/shared/menu/menu-section.decorator';
+import { MenuSectionComponent } from 'src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component';
+import { MenuService } from '../../../menu/menu.service';
+import { MenuSection } from '../../../menu/menu.reducer';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+/**
+ * Represents an expandable section in the dso edit menus
+ */
+@Component({
+  /* tslint:disable:component-selector */
+  selector: 'ds-dso-edit-menu-expandable-section',
+  templateUrl: './dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component.scss'],
+})
+@rendersSectionForMenu(MenuID.DSO_EDIT, true)
+export class DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent extends MenuSectionComponent {
+
+  menuID: MenuID = MenuID.DSO_EDIT;
+  itemModel;
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject('sectionDataProvider') menuSection: MenuSection,
+    protected menuService: MenuService,
+    protected injector: Injector,
+    protected router: Router,
+  ) {
+    super(menuSection, menuService, injector);
+    this.itemModel = menuSection.model;
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.menuService.activateSection(this.menuID, this.section.id);
+    super.ngOnInit();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fc6d19667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<div *ngIf="!canActivate" class="dso-button-menu mb-1"
+     [title]="itemModel.text | translate"
+     [ngbTooltip]="itemModel.text | translate">
+    <a *ngIf="!section.model.disabled" class="d-flex flex-row flex-nowrap"
+       [routerLink]="itemModel.link"
+       href="javascript:void(0);">
+        <button class="btn btn-dark btn-sm" [disabled]="section.model.disabled">
+            <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
+        </button>
+    </a>
+    <div *ngIf="section.model.disabled" class="d-flex flex-row flex-nowrap">
+        <button class="btn btn-dark btn-sm" [disabled]="section.model.disabled">
+            <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
+        </button>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div *ngIf="canActivate" class="dso-button-menu mb-1"
+     [title]="itemModel.text | translate"
+     [ngbTooltip]="itemModel.text | translate">
+    <button class="btn btn-dark btn-sm" [disabled]="section.model.disabled"
+            (click)="activate($event)">
+        <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
+    </button>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.scss b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf0e81c553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.btn-dark {
+    background-color: var(--ds-admin-sidebar-bg);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcfeab8180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MenuServiceStub } from '../../../testing/menu-service.stub';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { MenuService } from '../../../menu/menu.service';
+import { CSSVariableService } from '../../../sass-helper/sass-helper.service';
+import { CSSVariableServiceStub } from '../../../testing/css-variable-service.stub';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router.stub';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MenuItemType } from '../../../menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { DsoEditMenuSectionComponent } from './dso-edit-menu-section.component';
+import { OnClickMenuItemModel } from '../../../menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model';
+
+function initAsync(dummySectionText: { visible: boolean; icon: string; active: boolean; model: { disabled: boolean; text: string; type: MenuItemType }; id: string }, menuService: MenuServiceStub) {
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+      declarations: [DsoEditMenuSectionComponent, TestComponent],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: dummySectionText},
+        {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+        {provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub},
+        {provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub()},
+      ]
+    }).overrideComponent(DsoEditMenuSectionComponent, {
+      set: {
+        entryComponents: [TestComponent]
+      }
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+  }));
+}
+
+describe('DsoEditMenuSectionComponent', () => {
+  let component: DsoEditMenuSectionComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DsoEditMenuSectionComponent>;
+  const menuService = new MenuServiceStub();
+  const iconString = 'test';
+
+  const dummySectionText = {
+    id: 'dummy',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: {
+      type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
+      disabled: false,
+      text: 'text'
+    },
+    icon: iconString
+  };
+  const dummySectionLink = {
+    id: 'dummy',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: {
+      type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+      disabled: false,
+      text: 'text',
+      link: 'link'
+    },
+    icon: iconString
+  };
+
+  const dummySectionClick = {
+    id: 'dummy',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: {
+      type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
+      disabled: false,
+      text: 'text',
+      function: () => 'test'
+    },
+    icon: iconString
+  };
+
+  describe('text model', () => {
+    initAsync(dummySectionText, menuService);
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(menuService, 'getSubSectionsByParentID').and.returnValue(observableOf([]));
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoEditMenuSectionComponent);
+      component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should create', () => {
+      expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should show a button with the icon', () => {
+      const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.btn-dark'));
+      expect(button.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
+    });
+    describe('when the section model in a disabled link or text', () => {
+      it('should show just the button', () => {
+        const textButton = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div div button'));
+        expect(textButton.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('fa-' + iconString);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  describe('on click model', () => {
+    initAsync(dummySectionClick, menuService);
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(menuService, 'getSubSectionsByParentID').and.returnValue(observableOf([]));
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoEditMenuSectionComponent);
+      component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    describe('when the section model in an on click menu', () => {
+      it('should call the activate method when clicking the button', () => {
+        spyOn(component, 'activate');
+
+        const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.btn-dark'));
+        button.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
+
+        expect(component.activate).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+    describe('activate', () => {
+      const mockEvent = jasmine.createSpyObj('event', {
+        preventDefault: jasmine.createSpy('preventDefault'),
+        stopPropagation: jasmine.createSpy('stopPropagation'),
+      });
+      it('should call the item model function when not disabled', () => {
+        spyOn(component.section.model as OnClickMenuItemModel, 'function');
+        component.activate(mockEvent);
+
+        expect((component.section.model as OnClickMenuItemModel).function).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+      it('should call not the item model function when disabled', () => {
+        spyOn(component.section.model as OnClickMenuItemModel, 'function');
+        component.itemModel.disabled = true;
+        component.activate(mockEvent);
+
+        expect((component.section.model as OnClickMenuItemModel).function).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        component.itemModel.disabled = false;
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('link model', () => {
+    initAsync(dummySectionLink, menuService);
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(menuService, 'getSubSectionsByParentID').and.returnValue(observableOf([]));
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoEditMenuSectionComponent);
+      component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      spyOn(component as any, 'getMenuItemComponent').and.returnValue(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    describe('when the section model in a non disabled link', () => {
+      it('should show a link element with the button in it', () => {
+        const link = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('a'));
+        expect(link.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('button');
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+});
+
+// declare a test component
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-test-cmp',
+  template: ``
+})
+class TestComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63354e9749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { Component, Inject, Injector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { MenuID } from 'src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { rendersSectionForMenu } from 'src/app/shared/menu/menu-section.decorator';
+import { MenuSectionComponent } from 'src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component';
+import { MenuService } from '../../../menu/menu.service';
+import { MenuSection } from '../../../menu/menu.reducer';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * Represents a non-expandable section in the dso edit menus
+ */
+@Component({
+  /* tslint:disable:component-selector */
+  selector: 'ds-dso-edit-menu-section',
+  templateUrl: './dso-edit-menu-section.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./dso-edit-menu-section.component.scss']
+})
+@rendersSectionForMenu(MenuID.DSO_EDIT, false)
+export class DsoEditMenuSectionComponent extends MenuSectionComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  menuID: MenuID = MenuID.DSO_EDIT;
+  itemModel;
+  hasLink: boolean;
+  canActivate: boolean;
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject('sectionDataProvider') menuSection: MenuSection,
+    protected menuService: MenuService,
+    protected injector: Injector,
+  ) {
+    super(menuSection, menuService, injector);
+    this.itemModel = menuSection.model;
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.hasLink = isNotEmpty(this.itemModel?.link);
+    this.canActivate = isNotEmpty(this.itemModel?.function);
+    super.ngOnInit();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Activate the section's model funtion
+   */
+  public activate(event: any) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (!this.itemModel.disabled) {
+      this.itemModel.function();
+    }
+    event.stopPropagation();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ef6fff1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div class="dso-edit-menu d-flex flex-wrap">
+    <div *ngFor="let section of (sections | async)" class="ml-1">
+        <ng-container
+                *ngComponentOutlet="(sectionMap$ | async).get(section.id)?.component; injector: (sectionMap$ | async).get(section.id)?.injector;"></ng-container>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/versioned-item/versioned-item.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2fb656ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { DsoEditMenuComponent } from './dso-edit-menu.component';
+import { MenuServiceStub } from '../../testing/menu-service.stub';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { AuthService } from '../../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { AuthServiceStub } from '../../testing/auth-service.stub';
+import { MenuService } from '../../menu/menu.service';
+import {
+  ExpandableNavbarSectionComponent
+} from '../../../navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component';
+import { MenuItemModel } from '../../menu/menu-item/models/menu-item.model';
+
+describe('DsoEditMenuComponent', () => {
+  let comp: DsoEditMenuComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DsoEditMenuComponent>;
+  const menuService = new MenuServiceStub();
+  let authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService;
+
+  const routeStub = {
+    children: []
+  };
+
+  const section = {
+    id: 'edit-dso',
+    active: false,
+    visible: true,
+    model: {
+      type: null,
+      disabled: false,
+    } as MenuItemModel,
+    icon: 'pencil-alt',
+    index: 1
+  };
+
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', {
+      isAuthorized: observableOf(true)
+    });
+    spyOn(menuService, 'getMenuTopSections').and.returnValue(observableOf([section]));
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule],
+      declarations: [DsoEditMenuComponent],
+      providers: [
+        Injector,
+        {provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService},
+        {provide: AuthService, useClass: AuthServiceStub},
+        {provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: routeStub},
+        {provide: AuthorizationDataService, useValue: authorizationService},
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(ExpandableNavbarSectionComponent, {
+      set: {
+        changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default,
+      }
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoEditMenuComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    comp.sections = observableOf([]);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  describe('onInit', () => {
+    it('should create', () => {
+      expect(comp).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d754e07b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Component, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from 'src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { MenuID } from '../../menu/initial-menus-state';
+import { MenuComponent } from '../../menu/menu.component';
+import { MenuService } from '../../menu/menu.service';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { AuthService } from '../../../core/auth/auth.service';
+
+/**
+ * Component representing the edit menu and other menus on the dspace object pages
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-dso-edit-menu',
+  styleUrls: ['./dso-edit-menu.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './dso-edit-menu.component.html',
+})
+export class DsoEditMenuComponent extends MenuComponent {
+  /**
+   * The menu ID of this component is DSO_EDIT
+   * @type {MenuID.DSO_EDIT}
+   */
+  menuID = MenuID.DSO_EDIT;
+
+  constructor(protected menuService: MenuService,
+              protected injector: Injector,
+              public authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+              public route: ActivatedRoute,
+              private authService: AuthService,
+  ) {
+    super(menuService, injector, authorizationService, route);
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    super.ngOnInit();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d680c140d8..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<a *ngIf="isAuthorized$ | async"
-   [routerLink]="[pageRoute, 'edit', 'metadata']"
-   class="edit-button btn btn-dark btn-sm"
-   [ngbTooltip]="tooltipMsg | translate"
-   role="button" [title]="tooltipMsg |translate" [attr.aria-label]="tooltipMsg |translate">
-  <i class="fas fa-pencil-alt fa-fw"></i>
-</a>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.scss b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e8b7d689a3..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.btn-dark {
-  background-color: var(--ds-admin-sidebar-bg);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5949a98f71..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { DsoPageEditButtonComponent } from './dso-page-edit-button.component';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
-import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
-import { FeatureID } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
-import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-
-describe('DsoPageEditButtonComponent', () => {
-  let component: DsoPageEditButtonComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DsoPageEditButtonComponent>;
-
-  let authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService;
-  let dso: DSpaceObject;
-
-  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
-    dso = Object.assign(new Item(), {
-      id: 'test-item',
-      _links: {
-        self: { href: 'test-item-selflink' }
-      }
-    });
-    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', {
-      isAuthorized: observableOf(true)
-    });
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [DsoPageEditButtonComponent],
-      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), NgbModule],
-      providers: [
-        { provide: AuthorizationDataService, useValue: authorizationService }
-      ]
-    }).compileComponents();
-  }));
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoPageEditButtonComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
-    component.dso = dso;
-    component.pageRoute = 'test';
-    fixture.detectChanges();
-  });
-
-  it('should check the authorization of the current user', () => {
-    expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).toHaveBeenCalledWith(FeatureID.CanEditMetadata, dso.self);
-  });
-
-  describe('when the user is authorized', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      (authorizationService.isAuthorized as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
-      component.ngOnInit();
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-    });
-
-    it('should render a link', () => {
-      const link = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('a'));
-      expect(link).not.toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when the user is not authorized', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      (authorizationService.isAuthorized as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
-      component.ngOnInit();
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-    });
-
-    it('should not render a link', () => {
-      const link = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('a'));
-      expect(link).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1879581d23..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { FeatureID } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-dso-page-edit-button',
-  templateUrl: './dso-page-edit-button.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./dso-page-edit-button.component.scss']
-})
-/**
- * Display a button linking to the edit page of a DSpaceObject
- */
-export class DsoPageEditButtonComponent implements OnInit {
-  /**
-   * The DSpaceObject to display a button to the edit page for
-   */
-  @Input() dso: DSpaceObject;
-
-  /**
-   * The prefix of the route to the edit page (before the object's UUID, e.g. "items")
-   */
-  @Input() pageRoute: string;
-
-  /**
-   * A message for the tooltip on the button
-   * Supports i18n keys
-   */
-  @Input() tooltipMsg: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether or not the current user is authorized to edit the DSpaceObject
-   */
-  isAuthorized$: Observable<boolean>;
-
-  constructor(protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService) { }
-
-  ngOnInit() {
-    this.isAuthorized$ = this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanEditMetadata, this.dso.self);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.html b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e2e35dcb7..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<button *ngIf="isAuthorized$ | async"
-        class="edit-button btn btn-dark btn-sm"
-        (click)="createNewVersion()"
-        [disabled]="disableNewVersionButton$ | async"
-        [ngbTooltip]="tooltipMsg$ | async | translate"
-        role="button" [title]="tooltipMsg$ | async |translate" [attr.aria-label]="tooltipMsg$ | async | translate">
-  <i class="fas fa-code-branch fa-fw"></i>
-</button>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.scss b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e8b7d689a3..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.btn-dark {
-  background-color: var(--ds-admin-sidebar-bg);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9839507d57..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { DsoPageVersionButtonComponent } from './dso-page-version-button.component';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
-import { Observable, of, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
-import { FeatureID } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
-import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../core/data/version-history-data.service';
-
-describe('DsoPageVersionButtonComponent', () => {
-  let component: DsoPageVersionButtonComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DsoPageVersionButtonComponent>;
-
-  let authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService;
-  let versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService;
-
-  let dso: Item;
-  let tooltipMsg: Observable<string>;
-
-  const authorizationServiceSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', ['isAuthorized']);
-
-  const versionHistoryServiceSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('versionHistoryService',
-    ['getVersions', 'getLatestVersionFromHistory$', 'isLatest$', 'hasDraftVersion$']
-  );
-
-  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
-    dso = Object.assign(new Item(), {
-      id: 'test-item',
-      _links: {
-        self: { href: 'test-item-selflink' },
-        version: { href: 'test-item-version-selflink' },
-      },
-    });
-    tooltipMsg = of('tooltip-msg');
-
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [DsoPageVersionButtonComponent],
-      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), NgbModule],
-      providers: [
-        { provide: AuthorizationDataService, useValue: authorizationServiceSpy },
-        { provide: VersionHistoryDataService, useValue: versionHistoryServiceSpy },
-      ]
-    }).compileComponents();
-
-    authorizationService = TestBed.inject(AuthorizationDataService);
-    versionHistoryService = TestBed.inject(VersionHistoryDataService);
-
-    versionHistoryServiceSpy.hasDraftVersion$.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
-  }));
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DsoPageVersionButtonComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
-    component.dso = dso;
-    component.tooltipMsg$ = tooltipMsg;
-    fixture.detectChanges();
-  });
-
-  it('should check the authorization of the current user', () => {
-    expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).toHaveBeenCalledWith(FeatureID.CanCreateVersion, dso.self);
-  });
-
-  it('should check if the item has a draft version', () => {
-    expect(versionHistoryServiceSpy.hasDraftVersion$).toHaveBeenCalledWith(dso._links.version.href);
-  });
-
-  describe('when the user is authorized', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      authorizationServiceSpy.isAuthorized.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
-      component.ngOnInit();
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-    });
-
-    it('should render a button', () => {
-      const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button'));
-      expect(button).not.toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when the user is not authorized', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      authorizationServiceSpy.isAuthorized.and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
-      component.ngOnInit();
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-    });
-
-    it('should render a button', () => {
-      const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button'));
-      expect(button).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
-});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cf07953c75..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
-import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
-import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
-import { FeatureID } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
-import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../core/data/version-history-data.service';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { map, startWith, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-dso-page-version-button',
-  templateUrl: './dso-page-version-button.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./dso-page-version-button.component.scss']
-})
-/**
- * Display a button linking to the edit page of a DSpaceObject
- */
-export class DsoPageVersionButtonComponent implements OnInit {
-  /**
-   * The item for which display a button to create a new version
-   */
-  @Input() dso: Item;
-
-  /**
-   * A message for the tooltip on the button
-   * Supports i18n keys
-   */
-  @Input() tooltipMsgCreate: string;
-
-  /**
-   * A message for the tooltip on the button (when is disabled)
-   * Supports i18n keys
-   */
-  @Input() tooltipMsgHasDraft: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Emits an event that triggers the creation of the new version
-   */
-  @Output() newVersionEvent = new EventEmitter();
-
-  /**
-   * Whether or not the current user is authorized to create a new version of the DSpaceObject
-   */
-  isAuthorized$: Observable<boolean>;
-
-  disableNewVersionButton$: Observable<boolean>;
-
-  tooltipMsg$: Observable<string>;
-
-  constructor(
-    protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
-    protected versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService,
-  ) {
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a new version for the current item
-   */
-  createNewVersion() {
-    this.newVersionEvent.emit();
-  }
-
-  ngOnInit() {
-    this.isAuthorized$ = this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanCreateVersion, this.dso.self);
-
-    this.disableNewVersionButton$ = this.versionHistoryService.hasDraftVersion$(this.dso._links.version.href).pipe(
-      // button is disabled if hasDraftVersion = true, and enabled if hasDraftVersion = false or null
-      // (hasDraftVersion is null when a version history does not exist)
-      map((res) => Boolean(res)),
-      startWith(true),
-    );
-
-    this.tooltipMsg$ = this.disableNewVersionButton$.pipe(
-      switchMap((hasDraftVersion) => of(hasDraftVersion ? this.tooltipMsgHasDraft : this.tooltipMsgCreate)),
-    );
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a02481d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { DsoVersioningModalService } from './dso-versioning-modal.service';
+import { waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../remote-data.utils';
+import { Version } from '../../../core/shared/version.model';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { MetadataMap } from '../../../core/shared/metadata.models';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
+import { buildPaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { EMPTY, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+
+fdescribe('DsoVersioningModalService', () => {
+  let service: DsoVersioningModalService;
+  let modalService;
+  let versionService;
+  let versionHistoryService;
+  let itemVersionShared;
+  let router;
+  let workspaceItemDataService;
+  let itemService;
+
+  const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+    bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(buildPaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [])),
+    metadata: new MetadataMap(),
+    relationships: createRelationshipsObservable(),
+    _links: {
+      self: {
+        href: 'item-href'
+      },
+      version: {
+        href: 'version-href'
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    modalService = jasmine.createSpyObj('modalService', {
+      open: {componentInstance: {firstVersion: {}, versionNumber: {}, createVersionEvent: EMPTY}}
+    });
+    versionService = jasmine.createSpyObj('versionService', {
+      findByHref: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$<Version>(new Version()),
+    });
+    versionHistoryService = jasmine.createSpyObj('versionHistoryService', {
+      createVersion: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$<Version>(new Version()),
+      hasDraftVersion$: observableOf(false)
+    });
+    itemVersionShared = jasmine.createSpyObj('itemVersionShared', ['notifyCreateNewVersion']);
+    router = jasmine.createSpyObj('router', ['navigateByUrl']);
+    workspaceItemDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('workspaceItemDataService', ['findByItem']);
+    itemService = jasmine.createSpyObj('itemService', ['findByHref']);
+
+    service = new DsoVersioningModalService(
+      modalService,
+      versionService,
+      versionHistoryService,
+      itemVersionShared,
+      router,
+      workspaceItemDataService,
+      itemService
+    );
+  }));
+  describe('when onCreateNewVersion() is called', () => {
+    it('should call versionService.findByHref', () => {
+      service.openCreateVersionModal(mockItem);
+      expect(versionService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith('version-href');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isNewVersionButtonDisabled', () => {
+    it('should call versionHistoryService.hasDraftVersion$', () => {
+      service.isNewVersionButtonDisabled(mockItem);
+      expect(versionHistoryService.hasDraftVersion$).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockItem._links.version.href);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getVersioningTooltipMessage', () => {
+    it('should return the create message when isNewVersionButtonDisabled returns false', (done) => {
+      spyOn(service, 'isNewVersionButtonDisabled').and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
+      service.getVersioningTooltipMessage(mockItem, 'draft-message', 'create-message').subscribe((message) => {
+        expect(message).toEqual('create-message');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+    it('should return the draft message when isNewVersionButtonDisabled returns true', (done) => {
+      spyOn(service, 'isNewVersionButtonDisabled').and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
+      service.getVersioningTooltipMessage(mockItem, 'draft-message', 'create-message').subscribe((message) => {
+        expect(message).toEqual('draft-message');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1b827a50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import {
+  ItemVersionsSummaryModalComponent
+} from '../../item/item-versions/item-versions-summary-modal/item-versions-summary-modal.component';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { Version } from '../../../core/shared/version.model';
+import { map, startWith, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { VersionDataService } from '../../../core/data/version-data.service';
+import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../core/data/version-history-data.service';
+import { ItemVersionsSharedService } from '../../item/item-versions/item-versions-shared.service';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../../../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+
+/**
+ * Service to take care of all the functionality related to the version creation modal
+ */
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class DsoVersioningModalService {
+
+  constructor(
+    protected modalService: NgbModal,
+    protected versionService: VersionDataService,
+    protected versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService,
+    protected itemVersionShared: ItemVersionsSharedService,
+    protected router: Router,
+    protected workspaceItemDataService: WorkspaceitemDataService,
+    protected itemService: ItemDataService,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Open the create version modal for the provided dso
+   */
+  openCreateVersionModal(dso): void {
+
+    const item = dso;
+    const versionHref = item._links.version.href;
+
+    // Open modal
+    const activeModal = this.modalService.open(ItemVersionsSummaryModalComponent);
+
+    // Show current version in modal
+    this.versionService.findByHref(versionHref).pipe(getFirstCompletedRemoteData()).subscribe((res: RemoteData<Version>) => {
+      // if res.hasNoContent then the item is unversioned
+      activeModal.componentInstance.firstVersion = res.hasNoContent;
+      activeModal.componentInstance.versionNumber = (res.hasNoContent ? undefined : res.payload.version);
+    });
+
+    // On createVersionEvent emitted create new version and notify
+    activeModal.componentInstance.createVersionEvent.pipe(
+      switchMap((summary: string) => this.versionHistoryService.createVersion(item._links.self.href, summary)),
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+      // show success/failure notification
+      tap((res: RemoteData<Version>) => {
+        this.itemVersionShared.notifyCreateNewVersion(res);
+      }),
+      // get workspace item
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<Version>(),
+      switchMap((newVersion: Version) => this.itemService.findByHref(newVersion._links.item.href)),
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<Item>(),
+      switchMap((newVersionItem: Item) => this.workspaceItemDataService.findByItem(newVersionItem.uuid, true, false)),
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<WorkspaceItem>(),
+    ).subscribe((wsItem) => {
+      const wsiId = wsItem.id;
+      const route = 'workspaceitems/' + wsiId + '/edit';
+      this.router.navigateByUrl(route);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if the new version button should be disabled for the provided dso
+   */
+  isNewVersionButtonDisabled(dso): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.versionHistoryService.hasDraftVersion$(dso._links.version.href).pipe(
+      // button is disabled if hasDraftVersion = true, and enabled if hasDraftVersion = false or null
+      // (hasDraftVersion is null when a version history does not exist)
+      map((res) => Boolean(res)),
+      startWith(true),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks and returns the tooltip that needs to be used for the create version button tooltip
+   */
+  getVersioningTooltipMessage(dso, tooltipMsgHasDraft, tooltipMsgCreate): Observable<string> {
+    return this.isNewVersionButtonDisabled(dso).pipe(
+      switchMap((hasDraftVersion) => of(hasDraftVersion ? tooltipMsgHasDraft : tooltipMsgCreate)),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state.ts
index 7b900540b6..086c7c30fa 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/initial-menus-state.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { MenusState } from './menu.reducer';
  */
 export enum MenuID {
   ADMIN = 'admin-sidebar',
-  PUBLIC = 'public'
+  PUBLIC = 'public',
+  DSO_EDIT = 'dso-edit'
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,5 +37,14 @@ export const initialMenusState: MenusState = {
       visible: true,
       sections: {},
       sectionToSubsectionIndex: {}
-    }
+    },
+  [MenuID.DSO_EDIT]:
+    {
+      id: MenuID.DSO_EDIT,
+      collapsed: true,
+      previewCollapsed: true,
+      visible: false,
+      sections: {},
+      sectionToSubsectionIndex: {}
+    },
 };
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.html b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.html
index b2cc73bcf4..4dacc14cbe 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <a class="nav-item nav-link"
-   [ngClass]="{ 'disabled': !hasLink }"
-   [attr.aria-disabled]="!hasLink"
+   [ngClass]="{ 'disabled': !hasLink || item.disabled }"
+   [attr.aria-disabled]="!hasLink || item.disabled"
    [title]="item.text | translate"
    [routerLink]="getRouterLink()"
    (click)="$event.stopPropagation()"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.ts
index 42314bd362..67e1a31a26 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/link-menu-item.component.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class LinkMenuItemComponent implements OnInit {
 
   navigate(event: any) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    if (this.getRouterLink()) {
+    if (!this.item.disabled && this.getRouterLink()) {
       this.router.navigate([this.getRouterLink()]);
     }
     event.stopPropagation();
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/altmetric.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/altmetric.model.ts
index 8dc3f01363..136dc91262 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/altmetric.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/altmetric.model.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ import { MenuItemModel } from './menu-item.model';
  */
 export class AltmetricMenuItemModel implements MenuItemModel {
   type = MenuItemType.ALTMETRIC;
+  disabled: boolean;
   url: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model.ts
index a5b3671f62..5f0e430a88 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { MenuItemType } from '../../initial-menus-state';
  */
 export class LinkMenuItemModel implements MenuItemModel {
   type = MenuItemType.LINK;
+  disabled: boolean;
   text: string;
   link: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/menu-item.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/menu-item.model.ts
index 7bf5fca066..2f9087916a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/menu-item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/menu-item.model.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ import { MenuItemType } from '../../initial-menus-state';
  */
 export interface MenuItemModel {
   type: MenuItemType;
+  disabled: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model.ts
index 4cef3084f9..c7814d8006 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/onclick.model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { MenuItemType } from '../../initial-menus-state';
  */
 export class OnClickMenuItemModel implements MenuItemModel {
   type = MenuItemType.ONCLICK;
+  disabled: boolean;
   text: string;
   function: () => {};
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/search.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/search.model.ts
index e8eeda5501..d2f728ba9f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/search.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/search.model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { MenuItemModel } from './menu-item.model';
  */
 export class SearchMenuItemModel implements MenuItemModel {
   type = MenuItemType.SEARCH;
+  disabled: boolean;
   placeholder: string;
   action: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/text.model.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/text.model.ts
index bbaf7804d9..d50ec821ad 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/text.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/models/text.model.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ import { MenuItemModel } from './menu-item.model';
  */
 export class TextMenuItemModel implements MenuItemModel {
   type = MenuItemType.TEXT;
+  disabled: boolean;
   text: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.html b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.html
index fd0192ad5f..5e8aecbd44 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<a href="javascript:void(0);"
+<a *ngIf="!item.disabled"
+   href="javascript:void(0);"
    class="nav-item nav-link"
    role="button"
    [title]="item.text | translate"
@@ -6,3 +7,4 @@
    (keyup.space)="activate($event)"
    (keyup.enter)="activate($event)"
 >{{item.text | translate}}</a>
+<span *ngIf="item.disabled"   class="nav-item nav-link disabled">{{item.text | translate}}</span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.ts
index 002bfbc819..ba47e2ad4a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/onclick-menu-item.component.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ import { OnClickMenuItemModel } from './models/onclick.model';
 @rendersMenuItemForType(MenuItemType.ONCLICK)
 export class OnClickMenuItemComponent {
   item: OnClickMenuItemModel;
+
   constructor(@Inject('itemModelProvider') item: OnClickMenuItemModel) {
     this.item = item;
   }
 
   public activate(event: any) {
-    event.preventDefault();
-    this.item.function();
-    event.stopPropagation();
+    if (!this.item.disabled) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this.item.function();
+      event.stopPropagation();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/text-menu-item.component.html b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/text-menu-item.component.html
index 7ba353e5e7..11c4420402 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/text-menu-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-item/text-menu-item.component.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<span>{{item.text | translate}}</span>
\ No newline at end of file
+<span [class.disabled]="item.disabled">{{item.text | translate}}</span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component.ts
index fcd96c65f1..8c845a58d6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu-section/menu-section.component.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ export class MenuSectionComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    */
   toggleSection(event: Event) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    this.menuService.toggleActiveSection(this.menuID, this.section.id);
+    if (!this.section.model?.disabled) {
+      this.menuService.toggleActiveSection(this.menuID, this.section.id);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ export class MenuSectionComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    */
   activateSection(event: Event) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    this.menuService.activateSection(this.menuID, this.section.id);
+    if (!this.section.model?.disabled) {
+      this.menuService.activateSection(this.menuID, this.section.id);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 715ee66a99..0454646c96 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './object-list/sidebar-search-
 import { CollectionSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/collection/collection-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
 import { CommunitySidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/community/community-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
 import { AuthorizedCollectionSelectorComponent } from './dso-selector/dso-selector/authorized-collection-selector/authorized-collection-selector.component';
-import { DsoPageEditButtonComponent } from './dso-page/dso-page-edit-button/dso-page-edit-button.component';
-import { DsoPageVersionButtonComponent } from './dso-page/dso-page-version-button/dso-page-version-button.component';
 import { HoverClassDirective } from './hover-class.directive';
 import { ValidationSuggestionsComponent } from './input-suggestions/validation-suggestions/validation-suggestions.component';
 import { ItemAlertsComponent } from './item/item-alerts/item-alerts.component';
@@ -177,6 +175,13 @@ import { ScopeSelectorModalComponent } from './search-form/scope-selector-modal/
 import { BitstreamRequestACopyPageComponent } from './bitstream-request-a-copy-page/bitstream-request-a-copy-page.component';
 import { DsSelectComponent } from './ds-select/ds-select.component';
 import { LogInOidcComponent } from './log-in/methods/oidc/log-in-oidc.component';
+import {
+  DsoEditMenuSectionComponent
+} from './dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-section.component';
+import { DsoEditMenuComponent } from './dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-menu.component';
+import {
+  DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent
+} from './dso-page/dso-edit-menu/dso-edit-expandable-menu-section/dso-edit-menu-expandable-section.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -402,18 +407,20 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   OnClickMenuItemComponent,
   TextMenuItemComponent,
   ScopeSelectorModalComponent,
+  DsoEditMenuSectionComponent,
+  DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent,
 ];
 
 const SHARED_ITEM_PAGE_COMPONENTS = [
   MetadataFieldWrapperComponent,
   MetadataValuesComponent,
-  DsoPageEditButtonComponent,
-  DsoPageVersionButtonComponent,
   ItemAlertsComponent,
   GenericItemPageFieldComponent,
   MetadataRepresentationListComponent,
   RelatedItemsComponent,
-
+  DsoEditMenuSectionComponent,
+  DsoEditMenuComponent,
+  DsoEditMenuExpandableSectionComponent,
 ];
 
 const PROVIDERS = [