diff --git a/app/models/concerns/collection_member.rb b/app/models/concerns/collection_member.rb
index c1c774cce..7f850f38d 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/collection_member.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/collection_member.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ def index_parent_collections
     @index_parent_collections
   end
 
+  def online_label
+    return if is_a_collection?
+    return if druid.blank?
+    "<span class='online-label'>Online</span>".html_safe
+  end
+
   private
   def parent_collection_params
     self["collection"].map do |collection_id|
diff --git a/app/views/browse/_index_header_default.html.erb b/app/views/browse/_index_header_default.html.erb
index 4d60afa56..8acc766f9 100644
--- a/app/views/browse/_index_header_default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/browse/_index_header_default.html.erb
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
     <%= render_resource_icon document[document.format_key] %>
     <%= link_to_document document, get_main_title(document) %>
     <span class="main-title-date"><%= get_main_title_date(document) %></span>
-    <% if document.is_a_collection_member? %>
-      <span class="online-label">Online</span>
-    <% end %>
+    <%= document.online_label %>
   </h3>
   <% # bookmark functions for items/docs -%>
   <%= render_index_doc_actions document, :wrapping_class => "index-document-functions col-sm-3 col-lg-2" %>
diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_index_brief.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_index_brief.html.erb
index 062390f77..b7c87bff7 100644
--- a/app/views/catalog/_index_brief.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_index_brief.html.erb
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
         </span>
         <%= link_to_document document, get_main_title(document), :counter => (counter + @response.params[:start].to_i) %>
         <span class="main-title-date"><%= get_main_title_date(document) %></span>
-        <% if document.is_a_collection_member? %>
-          <span class="online-label">Online</span>
-        <% end %>
+        <%= document.online_label %>
       </h3>
       <% if document[:vern_title_display].present? %>
         <ul class="document-metadata"><li><%= document[:vern_title_display].html_safe %></li></ul>
diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_index_header_default.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_index_header_default.html.erb
index 473a95289..164d93ad7 100644
--- a/app/views/catalog/_index_header_default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_index_header_default.html.erb
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
     </span>
     <%= link_to_document document, get_main_title(document), :counter => counter %>
     <span class="main-title-date"><%= get_main_title_date(document) %></span>
-    <% if document.is_a_collection_member? %>
-      <span class="online-label">Online</span>
-    <% end %>
+    <%= document.online_label %>
   </h3>
 
   <% # bookmark functions for items/docs -%>
diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_index_header_gallery.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_index_header_gallery.html.erb
index 50966c63c..dcac66b43 100644
--- a/app/views/catalog/_index_header_gallery.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_index_header_gallery.html.erb
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
     <%= render_resource_icon document[document.format_key] %>
     <%= link_to_document document, get_main_title(document), counter: counter %>
     <span class="main-title-date"><%= get_main_title_date(document) %></span>
-    <% if document.is_a_collection_member? %>
-      <span class="online-label">Online</span>
-    <% end %>
+    <%= document.online_label %>
   </h3>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/preview/_show_header_default.html.erb b/app/views/preview/_show_header_default.html.erb
index 387a7eff3..b52ee245d 100644
--- a/app/views/preview/_show_header_default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/preview/_show_header_default.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
   <%= render_resource_icon document[document.format_key] %>
   <%= link_to_document document, get_main_title(document) %>
   <span class="main-title-date"><%= get_main_title_date(document) %></span>
-  <% if document.is_a_collection_member? %>
-    <span class="online-label">Online</span>
-  <% end %>
+  <%= document.online_label %>
 </h3>
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/collection_member_spec.rb b/spec/models/concerns/collection_member_spec.rb
index a6de228fe..274d9c507 100644
--- a/spec/models/concerns/collection_member_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/collection_member_spec.rb
@@ -74,4 +74,30 @@
       expect(document_without_parent.index_parent_collections).to be_nil
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  describe '#online_label' do
+    context 'for collections' do
+      subject { SolrDocument.new(collection_type: ['Digital Collection'], druid: ['12345']) }
+
+      it 'is nil' do
+        expect(subject.online_label).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'for items w/o druids' do
+      subject { SolrDocument.new }
+
+      it 'is nil' do
+        expect(subject.online_label).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'for items with a druid' do
+      subject { SolrDocument.new(druid: ['12345']) }
+
+      it 'is the online-label markup' do
+        expect(Capybara.string(subject.online_label)).to have_css('span.online-label', text: 'Online')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end